And so it managed to get all the way to Saturday, and I hadn't baked another one of these Cookies We Love. To be totally honest, I guess I'm just not feeling the love for any of these cookies. It seems like I run into problems no matter which one I think about making. The next one I had my eye on was the Galletas con Chochitos. Several of the other bakers have made these, and there were some reports that they spread a lot and just weren't that exciting. But I finally just decided to forge ahead and see how they would turn out. After all, I got these amazing chocolate sprinkles from King Arthur Flour, and really wanted to use them.
I admit, I can't leave well enough alone, and I made some changes to the recipe. The first thing I did was replace two of the egg yolks with a whole egg. I have more egg whites in my freezer than I can count, and just couldn't face the idea of adding three more. I mixed up the dough, and decided to chill it before forming the cookies, since it was pretty sticky. I also changed the method for forming the cookies. I've run into this debate before when making bagels. I'm firmly in the "form a rope and join the ends together" camp, rather than the "make a ball and poke a hole in the middle" faction. So I went with my preferred shaping for these cookies, too. The ends don't always want to stick together, but that's okay, because they'll fuse when the cookies bake. I also used up the leftover egg white making spiced nuts, so I just brushed the tops of the cookies with some water (I used my finger dipped in a bowl of water) and then dunked them in the sprinkles. That worked just fine. The final change I made was to the baking temperature. I baked one pan at the recipe temperature of 300ºF (for 15 min) and got cookies that were cakey and didn't have much color. So when I made the second pan (the next morning, after letting the remaining dough chill overnight), I changed the temperature to 350ºF and baked the cookies until they were nicely browned on the bottoms and edges, about 12 minutes. (I'm not sure of the exact timing; I turned off the timer without realizing it. Oops.)
Cookie from batch #1 on the left, batch #2 on the right
If you'd like to try this recipe, you can find it here. And be sure to check out what the other cookie bakers have made over the past couple weeks:
Andrea of Andrea’s Recipes
Claire of The Barefoot Kitchen
Judy of No Fear Entertaining
Kelly of Sass & Veracity
Michelle of Big Black Dogs
Renee of Flamingo Musings
Sandy of At the Baker’s Bench
Tiffany of The Nesting Project
Tell your daughter some of the most beautiful women wear glasses. She can work it to her advantage. Love;y photos and cookies. This seems to be a popular one.
ReplyDeleteHey, contacts since 16 and I'm toying with Lasik... hm - glasses will make here more successful looking. :) And those cookies look wonderful! I will have to try those sprinkles - as most seem rather... tasteless. Beautiful presentation Di!
ReplyDeleteThese are so cute Di! They remind me of the donuts I used to love as a kid that we'd get from Dunkin Donuts on occasion. Chocolate sprinkles are a major weakness for me, so these would be popular :)
ReplyDeleteGreat little cookies. So cute.
ReplyDeleteI like your chocolate sprinkles, and I suspect my boys would too. They really liked the sprinkle cookies. And no, we won't disown you. :-)
ReplyDeleteYour inner scientist really came out with this recipe, Di. I love seeing the two different versions. Your finished cookies look good and I'm glad to hear that the sprinkles are fab. But unexcitibg cookies are a disappointment, no matter how you look at it.
ReplyDeleteI hope that you ended up a bit more rested even though your vacation was pretty filled with activity!