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The Cookie Swap Made Me Do It: Gumdrop Cookies
It takes a lot of ingredients to test a few cookie recipes.
A tableful of ingredients, in fact. I thought I could get by with the basics in my pantry for at least a few cookie recipes, but when browsing through the recipes submitted for the Cookie Swap, I realized I was going to have to get to a bulk section stat.
I loaded on up nuts, chocolate, coconut, vanilla and, of all things, orange slices for this Gumdrop Cookie recipe.
The orange slices were a pain to chop up, but along with the oatmeal and coconut, they made for a complex texture in the final cookie.
I loved the potpourri of ingredients, and the orange slices made me think about my great-grandmother who always kept them around. (In fact, the last time I was in Missouri, I saw that my grandmother now has a jar of them on her counter. I guess it’s an inevitable part of growing older.)
To get a feel for the recipes being exchanged in the Statesman’s Virtual Cookie Swap, I’ve started baking recipes that catch my eye. It’s a lot of cookies, but someone’s got to do it. You can leave comments or rate the recipes you try. The deadline to enter to win the title of Austin’s Best Cookie 2009 is Dec. 2. We’ll announce finalists on Dec. 4 and pick a winner at a holiday bash at Stubb’s on Dec. 17. Stay tuned for details.
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