Cookie Bake 2009 Recap!

Let’s see…It’s been a full week since our cookie bake. First, recovery from the ensuing sugar coma, which took days. Then, general life business set in, coupled with minor medical procedures and sports injury. Now that it’s Monday, it seems like time to get a move on and finish putting together a cookie bake recap!


Favorites included the pain d’amande, the cardamom cookies, and the chai almond cookies…But that’s only based on three people’s votes, so feel free to argue the point! Also, did I miss any on the list below?

Meg got stuck with about 4,354 extra cookies, and some suggestions were made for how to avoid this sort of hefty overage next year. Among them:

• Limit to one recipe/person
• Divvie up leftovers equally
• Each person takes home the extras s/he baked
  

The baking events were followed by a delightful lunch of hidden beet salad, turkey-carcass french onion soup, and vegetarian taco stew.

The Roundup!

Anne:
Pain d'amande - This was amazing-really crisp and delicious! Supposedly very easy to make, too. Recipe is from David Lebovitz’s blog, found here.
Lavender shortbread - Mmmm. What more needs to be said?
Rick:
Chocolate-dipped Peanut Butter Filled Peanut Butter Cookies - Just what they sound like, and they were yummy-yummy for the chocolate and peanut butter set!
Shawn & Fernando:
Bacon Brittle - Could of added more cayenne, but overall turned out really nicely! Although quadrupling the recipe was probably not necessary...
Cardamom Cookies - Sandy shortbread-type cookie. The batter tasted wonderful - and got more "cardamom-y" overnight.
Chocolate Chip, Pecan and Cranberry Cookies – I sadly discovered that switching from sucanat to granulated sugar definitely changed things for these cookies, but at least the texture improved the next day!
Joyce:
Toffee Bar cookies – Toffee and chocolate and other stuff, oh my! The infamous 3/4 sheet of bar cookies - turned out to be really tasty!
Jessica:
Turtles - Super fun idea, and oh-so-cute: a square mini pretzel, topped with a Rolo, and baked!
Chai Almond Cookies – cardamom-y and dusted with powered sugar – a win-win combination described as “Mexican Wedding Cookies for Grown-Ups!”
Barbara:
Krumkake - Labor-intensive (poor Barbara), but really simple and fantastic in that simplicity - could be filled with cream, caramel, fruit, jam, chocolate, or eaten on their own!
Sam and Michael: - We were bummed they couldn't make it--Sam was sick!
Meg:
Spiced walnuts – Meg said something about overcooking the sugar, but I loved these
Damian/Frank:
Sugar Cookies - the sprinkles were really festive and this holiday classic was a hit with everyone!
Chocolate peppermint sandwich cookies - Wonderful texture, wonderful flavor, beautiful to look at! Did I mention they were delicious?
Peanut-butter M&M Oatmeal Cookies – Eating these transported me to somewhere back in my childhood! Yum!