Next up were Cherry Almond Macaroons in the Company Best Cookies section of the cookbook on p. 121. These were little balls of almond and cherry flavor. Cherry Almond Macaroons were made from ground almonds, egg whites, sugar, and chopped up maraschino cherries. They’re made by cooking the nuts, sugar, egg whites in a saucepan…
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Ting-a-Lings
The random number generator kept me in the Company Best Cookies section of the cookbook with Ting-a-Lings on p. 133. These were simple melt, mix and drop cookies chock full of butterscotch. The Ting-a-Lings are perhaps the simpliest cookie so far in the book. There were several variations from chocolate mixed with Wheaties to the…
Tiny Fudge Tarts
The random number generator stayed in the Company Best Cookies section with Tiny Fudge Tarts on p. 125 this week. These were pastry-like cookies with a slightly sweet chocolate filling. I was worried that the Tiny Fudge Tarts were going to be a lot of work, because they have a pastry-like cooky with a filling,…
Orange Oatmeal Cookies
I caught up on the random number generator with the Orange Oatmeal Cookies from the Company Best Cookies section of the cookbook on p. 128. These were crunchy oatmeal cookies with a hint of orange. The Orange Oatmeal Cookies were very standard drop-type cookies. They start by mixing the butter, eggs, sugar, orange juice and…
Cream Pralines
The random number generator kept me in the Company-Best section of the cookbook with Cream Pralines from p. 134. These were very sweet candy-coated pecans. These were more of a candy than a cooky, with the brown sugar, evaporated milk, butter, salt and water boiled over the stove until the sugar dissolves. Then the pecans…
Unbaked Date Walnut Squares
Next up I stayed in the Company-Best section of the cookbook with Unbaked Date Walnut Squares from p. 135. These were somewhat messy but tasty bars with a graham cracker crust and gooey date filling. These were a type of bar with a crust, filling and crumbly topping. Super simple to make. They don’t require…
Chocolate Nut Wafers
Next up from the random number generator were Chocolate Nut Wafers on p. 130 in the Company-Best section of the cookbook. These were chewy, chocolaty cookies. These were another fairly traditional cookie to make. Cream the butter, sugar, eggs, and vanilla. Add in melted baking chocolate. Mix the other dry ingredients separately, and then blend…
Orange Pecan Cookies
The random number generator kept me in the Company Best Cookies section with the Orange Pecan Cookies on p. 126. Fortunately, I had better luck with these than the Chocolate Orange Puffs! These were a delicate refrigerator cookie with a hint of orange. These were the first refrigerator cookies for me on this adventure. In…
Chocolate Orange Puffs
Next up were the Company Best cookies, Chocolate Orange Puffs on p. 120. These are supposed to be cream-puff-like cookies with an orange dough and orange and chocolate whipped cream filling. So … these were a kitchen fail! The dough is supposed to be like a Pâte à Choux, but highly simplified. And, they did…
Angel Sandwiches
Next were some Teatime Cookies: Angel Sandwiches from p113 in The Cooky Book. (Actually, I was supposed to do these a couple weeks ago, but I had missed the “Sweetened Whipped Cream Topping” as an ingredient when I made the grocery list. So, I didn’t have the whipping cream on hand to make these.) These…