December 12, 2019–I was invited to my first ever Holiday Cookie Exchange…I know right. I foolishly thought that previous non-invitations was due to the fact that others knew of my prowess in the kitchen; I could not have been more wrong. The first mistake I made was being cocky. The second mistake I made was not using my trust ATK cookie book. After scouring the inter webs I decided to do an adaption on a holiday cookie I found on the Two Peas and Their Pod website (https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/oreo-white-chocolate-pudding-peppermint-cookies/). The ingredient list is pretty straight forward but I added Andes Mints and mini-chocolate chips. Although I did my mise, if you look closely at the picture you will notice that I used bread flour INSTEAD of AP flour!!!! Attention to detail only works if you are paying attention.
While the oven is preheating to 350 degrees I creamed the butter and sugars, sifted the <incorrect flour> with the baking soda and salt, and prepped the cookies and Andes mints.
After creaming the sugars and butter, I added the dry ingredients. At this point everything looked pretty good so I continued to not be aware that I used the wrong flour.
To this mixture I added the crushed peppermints, mini chips, and mints.
Once those ingredients were incorporated, I added the white chips and cookies.
The cookies baked well; although upon reflection they do look dry.
They looked pretty good but the taste was meh!!! Suffice it to say, I DID NOT WIN!!
