homemade cookies surprise
a couple days ago, a package arrived for me. now, it's always great to receive mail, let alone packages, so it was a pleasant surprise. and guess what was inside? homemade cookies baked by my friends Jenny and Joy! and not just ONE kind of cookie, but SEVEN!!! all of them were gorgeous - each type of cookie wrapped prettily in individual bags and tied with different colored ribbons. they even came with handmade, decorated labels.
now, Jenny and Joy are true gourmets. they are so knowledgeable about different types of foods and restaurants and they love to cook and bake as well. Not only that, everything they make always look so yummy, as if they were store-bought from a gourmet food shop or bakery. so of course, all the cookies were delicious (and quickly disappeared within two days). my favorites were the chocolate brownie cookies. Joy was so nice to share the recipe and I subsequently found later in the day posted on a great food blog, In My Kitchen.(http://www.murrayhill5.net/blog/inmykitchenblog/).
here is the recipe for the cookies:
http://www.murrayhill5.net/blog/inmykitchenblog/archives/000562.html
update (1/24/06) - so this past weekend, i baked the chocolate brownie cookies according to the recipe above and they turned out great. =) the cookies had the perfect brownie-ish texture i like - chewy AND fudgy, moist, chocolatey and not at all dry or cake-like. if you are like me, you might balk at the idea of beating the eggs, sugar and vanilla for 15 minutes (!) but trust me, i believe they make a huge difference in developing the right texture for these cookies. i don't have a kitchen-aid so i had to hold my electric hand-mixer to beat the mixture for the required amount of time!
if you use nonstick cookware, wait for the cookies to cool a couple minutes before transferring them to the cooling rack. otherwise, you'll risk breaking off a part of the bottom of the cookie, leaving small chocolate circles remaining on your sheet.
thanks to Joy for sharing this recipe!
now, Jenny and Joy are true gourmets. they are so knowledgeable about different types of foods and restaurants and they love to cook and bake as well. Not only that, everything they make always look so yummy, as if they were store-bought from a gourmet food shop or bakery. so of course, all the cookies were delicious (and quickly disappeared within two days). my favorites were the chocolate brownie cookies. Joy was so nice to share the recipe and I subsequently found later in the day posted on a great food blog, In My Kitchen.(http://www.murrayhill5.net/blog/inmykitchenblog/).
here is the recipe for the cookies:
http://www.murrayhill5.net/blog/inmykitchenblog/archives/000562.html
update (1/24/06) - so this past weekend, i baked the chocolate brownie cookies according to the recipe above and they turned out great. =) the cookies had the perfect brownie-ish texture i like - chewy AND fudgy, moist, chocolatey and not at all dry or cake-like. if you are like me, you might balk at the idea of beating the eggs, sugar and vanilla for 15 minutes (!) but trust me, i believe they make a huge difference in developing the right texture for these cookies. i don't have a kitchen-aid so i had to hold my electric hand-mixer to beat the mixture for the required amount of time!
if you use nonstick cookware, wait for the cookies to cool a couple minutes before transferring them to the cooling rack. otherwise, you'll risk breaking off a part of the bottom of the cookie, leaving small chocolate circles remaining on your sheet.
thanks to Joy for sharing this recipe!
