June 10, 2018–So in my post Last Call I stated that it was probably my last baking experience in Miami. That statement did not go over well with the people that work in my office. I explained to them that I had packed up the majority of my kitchen so had no tools. We went round and round until they finally gave up. That is until a new wrinkle was introduced by AC and her staff. They had the nerve, dare I say, the audacity to state that the cookies from Last Call were store bought. They made statements like, “…but they’re too perfect…” and “they taste too good” to be hand made. I know they were only saying these things to get me to bake again so I ignored their ‘bullying’. At least I thought I did. All week and during the weekend all I could think about is how they were doubting my talents. On Saturday I begin to look through all of my cookie recipes to see if I had any that could be made sans tools. Although I found a few none of them interested me enough to want to bake. Alas, I had to pull out my stand mixer.
As Proof that I actually made these cookies I provided the naysayers photos that included my hands and face in the production process. I’ll spare you those photos but will include some of the prep photos just in case there are any naysayers out there!
In keeping with my something dark and something light them I decided to make the Molasses Spice and Lemon Sour Cream Cookies from the ATK book. Of course they were both a hit! But now that they know I have unpacked the mixer and that I’m not going anywhere for the last 3 weekends that I’m in Miami they expect goodies. We’ll see if I get the motivation.
MOLASSES SPICE COOKIES with DARK RUM GLAZE
I mainly picked these cookies because I had all of the ingredients and it allowed me to get rid of the bottle of molasses I bought a while ago. Along with the molasses these cookies contain brown sugar, cinnamon and ground ginger, cloves, & allspice (ATK says these spices help balance the sweetness of the molasses and sugar). Since my theme has been to use as much of the open goods I have before packing I also added some rum to the batter and made a rum glaze to go on top. I will continue this theme for the next set of cookies 🙂
LEMON SOUR CREAM COOKIES with LIMONCELLO GLAZE
Although these were very good I didn’t completely follow my theme of alcohol. The basic recipe only called for lemon zest in the batter and the lemon juice to be used in the glaze. I should have put lemon juice AND limoncello in the batter so that the cookies would have had a more pronounce lemon flavor. The recipe called for 8 ounces of sour cream to add moisture, tenderness, and richness to the cookie. The dough was also very thick, looked like stiff mashed potatoes, and had to be refrigerated for an hour.
