Sweets for the sweet -- that means YOU should indulge in a few tasty Maple Toffee Cookies
My brethren and sistren, I come before you as a changed woman. I now see the error of my past cookie-baking ways which resulted in the sin of too-crispy cookies, and shall aim evermore for the soft, cushiony cookie nirvana that has eluded me until now.
photo credit: Peter Taylor
Although let’s be honest – are there really any bad cookies?
Asking for a large, blue, cookie-loving friend.
I read on the internet (so you know it’s true) that cookies baked on parchment paper turn out better/softer than those using Silpat mats, which have been my preference until now.
After much research I conclude that the real key to soft cookies is to slightly underbake them.
If the recipe says ‘bake for 10-12 minutes’ I’ll probably take them out of the oven at 9 minutes 30 seconds and let them cool on the pan for a few minutes.
(The pan’s residual heat continues to cook them slightly.)
Asking for a large, blue, cookie-loving friend.
I read on the internet (so you know it’s true) that cookies baked on parchment paper turn out better/softer than those using Silpat mats, which have been my preference until now.
After much research I conclude that the real key to soft cookies is to slightly underbake them.
If the recipe says ‘bake for 10-12 minutes’ I’ll probably take them out of the oven at 9 minutes 30 seconds and let them cool on the pan for a few minutes.
(The pan’s residual heat continues to cook them slightly.)
However you choose to execute the plan, make a point to bake these amazing cookies. Three kinds of tasty add-ins – toffee bits, milk chocolate-covered toffee bits, and dark chocolate chips. Oh yeah! This super-yummy recipe comes from the blog called Secrets from the Cookie Princess – a magnificent name if ever I heard one.
Perfect afternoon snack -- Maple Toffee Cookies with a cuppa whatever pleases you. Enjoy!
Find the recipe here.
Our cook-along song of the day comes from David Bowie who not only sang the song but played the Goblin King in the 1986 film Labyrinth. Lately it does feel as though the world is falling down around us, but love is one of the ‘constants’ that will see us through. Another constant is cookies. Just sayin’.
A little jazz with your toffee cookies? Absolutely, coming right up. Floyd ‘Candy’ Johnson – an American saxophonist who played with Count Basie, Duke Ellington and other jazz greats - brings the sweet stuff with this swinging set. Turn it up!
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