The first recipe was Mrs. Field's Brown Sugar Shortbread (below). They came out super-butter-y and over-the-top decadent as far as my tastebuds were concerned. The recipe called for dipping the shortbread into melted chocolate and than coating with crushed pecans. I took the suggested shortcut and melted the chocolate chips in the microwave instead of going with the double boiler. Big mistake. The chocolate came out thick and nowhere near melted enough to allow the dipping of the cookies. Instead I spread the chocolate onto the cookies with a knife. Not nearly as pretty but hey, it worked.
The second recipe is Martha Stewart's Chewy Molasses Cookies, a favourite. I doubled both recipes, baked all the shortbread but have lots of the molasses cookies left. Mmm...fresh cookies through the week....but so bad for my diet...hence the sharing!
Here're the gifts I packaged up:
For M&A's Martini Night
For brunch at N&G's
And 4 shortbread cookies for my trainer - I daren't give him more because he's so vigilant about his diet
3 comments:
What a coincidence! I baked Martha Stewart's chewy molasses cookies as well! Except, I didn't read the part where I was suppose to set aside some sugar until it was too late-
Looks yummy!
Coincidence indeed, because I didn't coat them in sugar as instructed either - but that was on purpose because I was lazy. They still came out ok though - and I do love that recipe! :)
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