Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Crackly new year



Second post of the year, and it's another Wow.  As in, wow, I can't believe Tuesdays with Dorie has been going for three years!  And even more crazy is the fact that I've been a part of it since week seven.  I've skipped a few things along the way (though not that many), but have made the vast majority of the recipes chosen so far.  I didn't do so well in December, though, and I'm trying to get off to a better start for the new year.  To kick off the month and the year, Laurie and Julie picked our recipe, Midnight Crackles (in celebration of the new year starting at midnight =) ).


I decided to just make half the recipe, since we're still trying to finish off the last of the Christmas cookies.  The cookie dough is pretty straightforward to mix up.  The only change I made was to skip the cinnamon and cloves in favor of some dried ginger, since I don't like cinnamon with chocolate.   Also, based on the experiences of others, I shortened the chilling time for the dough to just half an hour.  It was still a bit challenging to form the balls of dough, since the dough was a bit crumbly.  But I got it done.  I ended up with 21 cookies, which I baked for 10 minutes.  


The verdict?  I'm still trying to decide on these. I mean, they're good.  (They have lots of chocolate, after all.)  But they're not my favorite chocolate cookie.  Right now I think that title goes to the Alice Medrich chocolate chunk cookies (one variation of which you can see here).  They were still eagerly eaten at work, though. =)   I also couldn't taste the ginger at all.  If I try these again, I'll probably add some finely chopped crystallized ginger to the dough.

If you'd like to give these a try, the recipe can be found on the Tuesdays with Dorie site.  To see what everyone else thought of these, check out this week's Links.   Happy anniversary, everyone!


8 comments:

  1. Your cookies and their ribbons are so festive and perfect. Look at those crackles!

    I'm not the biggest fan of cinnamon and chocolate, but you really couldn't taste it in this dough or the finished cookies. And I actually paired them with cinnamon ice cream, and it was all surprisingly tasty. If you haven't made it, I'd definitely recommend that ice cream.

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  2. These look great Di! Especially with the trimmings. I couldn't taste the cinnamon, etc - but thought these would be more chewy.. mine were rather "crunchy". I prefer the World Peace over these - but agree - easy to make!

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  3. Love the ribbons/napkins. They make everything look so festive. Perfect for a celebration.

    And I love cinnamon and chocolate and if I made them again would probably UP the cinnamon.

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  4. I love cinnamon and chocolate together, but I love ginger even more. I'll have to try it next time. Plus, maybe I'll roll in ginger sugar... Thanks for baking along!

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  5. I like smell of cinnamon so as its taste.The combo of cinnamon and chocolate is delicious and maddening.I"ll make it this on coming Sunday.

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  6. Happy Anniversary to all of us...what fun! Your ribbon bedecked cookies look like a party all in themselves! So happy we met through TWD!

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  7. Your cookies look wonderfully festive Di! I'm so happy we'll be doing more TWD baking together this year (and of course plenty of other things too) :)

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  8. the cookies looks so yummy.i'll try to make it at home.
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