They are quite simple: You melt the butter and stir in everything else. Except that they're chock full of these bits, and the dough didn't seem enough to hold it all together. So, as I was trying to push the fruit, nuts and chocolate into the dough, it kept falling out and I ended up just snacking on it all, sort of an impromptu trail mix. But I liked them well enough to try and figure out another plan.
I thought if I doubled the dough part of the recipe, then added the pieces till they were fully mixed in, I could maybe add more and figure out the right balance.
Well. After they baked, they didn't seem as nice as before; they had less stuff in them and the cookie part wasn't anything fabulous on its own. What to do? I wasn't able to fit anymore pieces in! I ended up molding them and then sticking more chocolate and fruit wherever I could squeeze it in. That was the last batch, what you see above. So, I guess I did figure out a way to do it.
oh that sounds like a great trail mix and a great cookie! Sometimes cookies are like this, the ingredients and dough colliding as it were! I read a cookie recipe recently where the order of ingredients was the exact order you had to put things in. It's neat how many recipes there are and so fun to try!
ReplyDeleteYes, there is much fun in trying new recipes, to be sure!
DeleteLisa, I love cooking stories like this. The snacking part is perfect! Tidbits like this are hilarious!!
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DeleteI love these kind of chunky cookies! I often wonder how the ingredients all manage to stick together!
ReplyDeleteAnd I'm still wondering.....
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