New Game: What's your favorite single FLAVOR in a cookie?
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I have a new favorite this year...what's yours?
Comments (25)I'm a little reluctant to say that I have a new favorite but this thread has tempted me long enuf . . . I bought 2 Thessaloniki tomatoes at the farmers' market last year. I was pleased with the flavor, saved some seeds and read up a little about them. I felt that the research was necessary. I'm not sure if I've ever gotten more than a couple of ripe tomatoes off any 80 day tomato. With an arid climate, cool nights, and short season - some varieties others enjoy just seem a little out of my reach. Thessaloniki appeared to be an heirloom within my reach and I went for it - so glad I did! I see the flavor description as "pleasant" in a number of catalogs. I like a full flavor in my tomatoes but if this one is "pleasant" - I'm happy. Mild - yes, but a nice fruity taste. The fruit matured with a minimum of cracks (a big deal in this part of the world). They are generally free of blemish and a lovely shape. Most of the fruit was harvested ripe but this was a long season for the 2007 garden. I'm not sure if I could have this measure of success with them ripening on the vine in the future. So, I've got quite a few picked green and sitting on the kitchen counter. Since it is such a mild tomato and that fruitiness seems so delicate to me - I'm not sure if Thessaloniki is going to still have that flavor after being picked green. I'll keep my fingers crossed that these tomatoes will be good in a week or 2 and go with it being a favorite here at the end of September. So far, I'm very pleased! digital Steve...See MoreCookie recipes - requests from Whats on your cookie tray thread
Comments (12)Here's a couple thumbprint cookies that are tried & true. Imake them every year. Chocolate Caramel Treasures Cookie type: formed These are another variation of thumbprint cookie. This recipe came from Gourmet Magazine, December 1999. Ingredients For the cookies: 1 stick unsalted butter, softened 2/3 cup sugar 1 egg yolk 1 teas vanilla 1 cup flour 2 tbsp whole milk 1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 1/4 teas salt 1 egg white, lightly beaten 1/2 cup chopped hazelnuts For the filling: 10 (1 x 1/2 inch) plain caramels, 2 tbsp heavy cream For the drizzle: 3 oz semisweet chocolate, finely chopped Directions For the cookies: Beat together butter, yolk, milk, sugar, and vanilla until well blended. Sift in flour, cocoa, and salt and mix until mixture forms a dough. Chill, wrapped in plastic wrap, until firm, at least 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Roll tablespoons of dough into balls, then coat with egg white, and roll in nuts. Place balls 1 1/2 inches apart on a greased baking sheets. Press your thumb into center of the balls to flatten, leaving a depression. Bake until puffed slightly but centers are still soft, 10-12 minutes. Remove from oven and immediately press centers of cookies again with a spoon. Let cool. Make the filling while cookies are cooling. Heat caramels and cream in a small sauce pan over low heat, stirring occasionally, until melted and mixture is smooth. Spoon into centers of cookies and cool completely. Make chocolate drizzle one hour before serving. Melt chocolate in a double boiler or a metal bowl set over a pan of barely simmering water, stirring until smooth. Cool to warm and pour into a heavy-duty sealable plastic bag. Seal bag and snip 1 corner to form a small hole. Drizzle chocolate over cookies and let stand until set, about 30 minutes. *I never bother with the drizzle. I also usually use walnuts and not hazelnuts. ***************** Austrian Jam Cookies Cookie type: formed My mom originally got the recipe out of a magazine years ago. I don’t know what magazine. These cookies nowadays go by the name thumb print cookies. I like to call them Austrian Jam cookies because they sound more sophisticated that way. I usually double the batch. A single batch will make about 15-18 cookies. A double batch, you will get closer to 3 dozen. Ingredients 1/2 cup butter (1 stick), softened (not melted) 1/2 cup sugar 1 teas vanilla* 1 egg, separated 1 1/4 cup sifted flour 2/3 cup chopped almonds** your favorite flavor of jam Directions Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Beat butter, sugar, vanilla and egg yolk in a medium bowl until fluffy. Stir in flour. Gather dough into a ball, cover and chill for several hours. Roll level teaspoonful of dough into balls. Dip the ball into a slightly beaten egg white. Roll the ball into the almonds. Place on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Space cookies 1 inch apart. These cookies will not spread very much. Press an indentation with your thumb in the middle of the cookie, careful not to go all the way through to the pan. Fill with jam. Bake at 300 degrees for 20 minutes. *Almond extract can be used in place of real vanilla. ** Generally, I think the almonds are a little too hard for the rest of the cookie. I usually use walnuts or pecans. I like using Polaners preserves for the jam centers. I have also used Smuckers as well as homemade jam....See MoreWhat's your new favorite ?
Comments (19)Not a fan of ice cream, if you can believe it. However, we stopped at the Tillamook factory on our coast drive and of course you have to buy a cone for the experience - I chose Grandma's Cake Batter. So good I had to buy a box of it last time I went to Walmart....See MoreWhat is your favorite game?
Comments (35)Lyban, the kids I work with vary a lot in how much frustration tolerance they have and how much complexity they enjoy. Simple games like Candyland and Hi Ho Cherry-O are often popular, but because I cannot control how long they take to end, I don't often use them. My younger clients often enjoy matching/memory games like this one, which I use daily. For kids with short attention spans or low frustration tolerance, I use only half the pairs, to make it easier for them to succeed the first few times we play: I also use Jenga a lot with kids of all ages, if the child can tolerate the crashing sound when the tower falls; some kids cannot and that's what we work on but as a grandparent you're better off just playing for fun! "Spot It" is another of my most popular games, and they have a Junior version for younger kids: The regular game is a big hit with my clients all the way up to college age. Actually, that's true for almost all my games-- even surly teenagers love "little kid games". Hope this helps and sorry for the hijack and also that I don't know how to make smaller photos when I steal them from Amazon....See MoreLars
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