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TWD Dorie's Cookies: Blueberry-Buttermilk Pie Bars

       Some more catching up today from my absence in the Tuesdays with Dorie group baking from Dorie Greenspan's cookbook, Dorie's Cookies.  It is time to dust off the book and continue on with the original intention of making all the cookie recipes in the book.  In June of 2017, the group made Blueberry-Buttermilk Pie Bars, found on pages 62-64 of the book, I made them at the time but never got around to posting them, so here they are, all beautifully fruity and pie-like. 
       Ingredient List:  flour, sugar, cornmeal, cornstarch, salt, butter, buttermilk, vanilla, and blueberries.
       Mark loves pie and cookies, what could be better for him than a cookie that looks and tastes like a pie? And, of course, if you are Mark, pie is usually topped with whipped cream, so the obvious segue here is that the pie cookie should also be topped with whipped cream.  And a very fine decision was that...yum. I just love something that surprises you, just when you think it is one thing, it is in fact, another...a pie cookie is just perfect.  These are definitely on the repeat list as they are so easy to make, maybe even easier than an actual pie.
       The Tuesdays with Dorie group is baking from Dorie Greenspan's book, Dorie's Cookies.  The posts are the first and third Tuesdays of the month and can be linked at the main Tuesdays with Dorie website here.  You can also find the information on joining in and/or see the posts from those in the group baking along at this location.

TWD Dorie's Cookies: Chocolate-Cornflake Haystacks

       Some more catching up today from my absence in the Tuesdays with Dorie group baking from Dorie Greenspan's cookbook, Dorie's Cookies.  When I purchased the book, it was with the intent to see it through and try to make every cookie recipe in the book...now it is time to dust it off and continue on with the original intention.  In May of 2017, the group made Chocolate-Cornflake Haystacks, found on pages 174-175 of the book, I made them at the time but never got around to posting them, so here they are in all their crunchy chewy goodness. 
       Ingredient List:  eggs, agave, salt, shredded coconut, pecans, raisins, cornflakes, and milk chocolate.
       Another fun recipe to make, all you do is toss the ingredients together, scoop them out onto parchment, and bake them.  I love the texture and look of them, so interesting and you just know people are going to pick them up and snack on them remembering those no-bake cookies of their childhoods...only these are even better.  These are definitely on the repeat list.
       The Tuesdays with Dorie group is baking from Dorie Greenspan's book, Dorie's Cookies.  The posts are the first and third Tuesdays of the month and can be linked at the main Tuesdays with Dorie website here.  You can also find the information on joining in and/or see the posts from those in the group baking along at this location.

TWD Dorie's Cookies: "Corked" Breton Galettes

       Today I am catching up a bit here from my absence in the Tuesdays with Dorie group baking from Dorie Greenspan's cookbook, Dorie's Cookies.  When I purchased the book, it was with the intent to see it through and try to make every cookie recipe in the book...my husband happens to like cookies very much.  Then a bit of life got busy and such, the book was set aside...now it is time to dust it off and continue on with the original intention of making every cookie recipe in the book.  In March of 2017, almost a year ago now, the group made "Corked" Breton Galettes, found on pages 291-293 of the book, I made them at the time but never got around to posting them, so here they are in all their delicious glory. 
        Ingredient List:  flour, baking powder, butter, sugar, salt, egg yolks, fruit jam, and water.  Such a simple list.
       These were such fun to make...you make the dough, roll it into logs, chill them, cut them into slices, place the slices in muffin tin cups, bake them, and use a wine cork to create an indentation for the jam.  Some people like to make everything beginning to end all at once...I like to make things in stages so these were perfect.  The taste is downright dangerous because it's way too easy to think you might need more than just one. These are definitely on the repeat list.
       The Tuesdays with Dorie group is baking from Dorie Greenspan's book, Dorie's Cookies.  The posts are the first and third Tuesdays of the month and can be linked at the main Tuesdays with Dorie website here.  You can also find the information on joining in and/or see the posts from those in the group baking along at this location.

TWD Dorie's Cookies: Bee's Sneeze Nuggets

       For February, the Dorie's Cookies group participants could chose from one of two recipes to post, one on the first Tuesday and the other being the post for the third Tuesday.  I chose to make the Sebastian's Remarkably Wonderful Brownies for the third Tuesday (posted yesterday) and I now post the other recipe today to complete February's choices, Bee's Sneeze Nuggets, found in Dorie's Cookies on pages 438-440 and also online here.
       Ingredient list:  flour, baking powder, black pepper, lemon juice, olive oil, gin (I used Limoncello), honey, lemon oil, sugar, salt, lemon zest, fresh ginger, and optional honey for dipping.   
       The recipe is found in the section "Cocktail Cookies" in the book, so it is not your standard sweet dessert cookie at all.  While it does have a little sugar and honey in the mix, the tartness of the lemon and the Limoncello override any thoughts you might have that this could be a little dessert cookie.  It's not.  It tastes lemony and savory, the ginger doesn't really stand out, nor does the black pepper, which surprised me.  I did taste the Limoncello and I like (okay, love) lemon always, so these were fun and would be nice to put on a nibble tray to circulate before dinner, just a little something unique. 
          The recipe is easy, quick, and fun...you don't even have to get out a mixer for it.  In my oven they took about 30 minutes to get the light tan coloring.  It was fun to make them and try something new, and I might make them again if the situation warranted just such participation by a savory lemony tidbit.  Check the link and tour around to see what the others thought...it's always good to have more than one take on a recipe.
       The Tuesdays with Dorie group is baking from Dorie Greenspan's book, Dorie's Cookies.  The posts are the first and third Tuesdays of the month and can be linked at the main Tuesdays with Dorie website here.  You can also find the information on joining in and/or see the posts from those in the group baking along at this location.

TWD Dorie's Cookies: Sebastian's Remarkably Wonderful Brownies

       Hello, it's been awhile...I know, I know.  Yesterday was Tuesday and, as always, on Tuesdays, I think of my baking friends who I have baked and cooked with over the years since joining that original Baking From My Home to Yours group of bakers. And so much has happened since those early days...not just to me, but to many of us...very few of us are in the same places we were back then.  But still, on Tuesdays I think of the Doristas and today I decided I wanted to bake one of the recipes chosen by the Dorie's Cookies group this month.  And, yes, it's Wednesday, but I decided not to let that stop me.  So, I might be back, and I might not be back...we shall see how it goes. 

       Sebastian's Remarkably Wonderful Brownies (pages 30-32 in Dorie's Cookies, you can also find it here online) was one of the choices for February...a good place to start as my husband loves brownies, a chocolatey treat would certainly be welcome.

        Ingredient list:  all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, unsalted butter, sugar, salt, vanilla, and eggs.  All the usual suspects lined up and ready to roll.

        Everything went together smoothly...it was comforting and relaxing to be rattling measuring cups and spoons and firing up the stand mixer like I actually do this regularly instead of what it truly is...that I haven't baked in months...seriously, months.  Okay, a little at Christmas, but seriously months before that for certain.  I love Dorie's recipes, they always work out for me exactly as she says they will, they are always a hit with the people here who eat the results, and they make me feel so accomplished. 

         The result was a soft-centered brownie that was "more cake-like than some," which apparently is a good thing as Mark knocked back three of them with hardly time to breathe between each one.  Of course, that might be because, like I said, it's been months and months since the poor guy has been gifted baked goods from my kitchen.  I would love to report that these were fabulous, and I think they probably were, Mark certainly enjoyed them, but, if you know me at all, you know I don't do chocolate.  So on behalf of those here who do chocolate, these were very very good and worthy of many repeats. 

       The Tuesdays with Dorie group is baking from Dorie Greenspan's book, Dorie's Cookies.  The posts are the first and third Tuesdays of the month and can be linked at the main Tuesdays with Dorie website here.  You can also find the information on joining in and/or see the posts from those in the group baking along at this location.