Does anyone know how to make cookies??
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Does anyone know how to make cookies??
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Are we talking just a generic cookie recipe? If so I don't have that, but I can leave you with a links to a few sites that do. Try www.foodtv.com www.allrecipes.com and www.epicurious.com These are all really great sites, and I can normally find anything I'm looking for at one of them. Another good resource is the Betty Crocker Cooky Book. It has hundreds of good cookie recipies. My goal is to have made them all one day;)
Hmmm, there are so many kinds of cookies. In addition to the good sites recommended by Meg, I would like to suggest this one: http://www.donogh.com/cooking/cookie.shtml
Also, these are more of a bar than a cookie, but really good anyway: Hello Dollies
We don't talk about cookies enough. Right now my favorites are those marshmallow ones with the graham cracker bottom covered in chocolate.
As far as cookies/biscuits in general it is hard to beat the classic "Jammy Dodger"
As a further point of discussion do the rest of you differentiate cookies from biscuits? ie cookies must be flat, thin and contain chunks or chips of some variety. Whereas anything not meeting this strict criteria is automatically a biscuit - eg a custard cream is most definitely not a cookie
Neiman Marcus cookies are the best cookies ever. Period.
http://www.neimanmarcus.com/store/se...e_recipe.jhtml
We add a bit more flour, though. If you don't they come out kind of cement-y.
And they have a neat story to go with them, too.
What's a Jammy Dodger? and who calls a biscuit a cookie?Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
This is a jammy dodger:
http://londonist.com/attachments/Rob...dodger-big.jpg
Quite simply the king of biscuits.:D
Here's my family's recipe for jelly tarts. :) They're quite awesome. Well, I'm pretty much programmed to believe that, but hey. :P I hope whoever tries them out enjoys them. I'll post the anise and butter cookie recipes once I find them. They're probably in the junk drawer somewhere...
JELLY TARTS:
You will need...
-1/2 cup sugar
-1 stick margarine
-1 stick butter
-1 egg
-2/3 cups flour
-1/4 teaspoon salt
-Jam or preserves. I like raspberry.
-Powdered sugar.
Cream butter and margarine with sugar and egg--mix well. Add flour and salt together, all at once, to the creamed mixture. Beat with a spoon, then mix with hands (wash them!) until soft and pliable. Refrigerate the dough for two hours. Roll on a well-floured board and cut with cookie cutters. Bake at 275 degrees for about 7-10 minutes until edges are LIGHTLY brown. Allow to cool before assembling.
To assemble:
Well, first of all, I guess you need to know how to cut them. :lol: We use two shapes, one a regular round cookie cutter and the other a round doughnut shape. Once all the pieces are cooked, spread jam/jelly/whatever onto the solid pieces, then press the doughnut-shaped pieces on top. The jelly will show through the center. Now, dust with powdered sugar. How pretty. Anyhoo, be careful not to push too hard and crack the cookie. It's best to assemble them right before serving so you don't have half a million jelly tarts lying around--it'll get messy. An interesting variation putting melted chocolate in it instead of jelly and letting it harden.
Enjoy! :D These are usually a Christmas cookie in my family but you can make them whenever.
My family eats more cookie dough than cookies. :D I don't know exact measurements, but it includes sugar, brown sugar, flour, baking powder (or is it soda?), vanilla extract, eggs, salt, and butter if I remember correctly.
Folly! Folly! I forgot to mention chocolate chips! :blush:
I agree! I made these this year, but I can't get to your link to know if it's the same recipie. I don't like chocolate, so I substituted it with butterscotch. It was difficult not to eat them all before the party!:thumbs_upQuote:
Originally Posted by Lily Adams
I know the cookies you are talking about - YUM! YUM! Unfortunately I can't eat them anymore. High in sugar for a diabetic.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
I always thought cookie was american for biccy?Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
Have to agree although I also really like petitefore biscuits ( or at least thats what the egyptians call them)Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
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A trick for getting all your cookies about the same shape is to roll the batter wrapped in cling film and then slice..:D
yumm! Jammy dodger!Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
Yeah i think americans use the work cookie as a term for biscuits, were as to us, a cookie is a type of biscuit.
What about mikados Kilted? nice? digestives? wagon wheels?
I am unfamiliar with the mikado.
Digestives are definitely a dunking biscuit. Or with some nice thinly sliced mild cheddar.
Wagon Wheels are amazing, but not a patch on the Tunnock's Teacake.
This is a mikado;
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n...cks/mikado.jpg
Oh I love tunnocks tea cakes! I was addicted to those for soooooo long! They are the best tea cakes ever!!!
http://i143.photobucket.com/albums/r...7/teacakes.jpg
That is a Jamboree (and the orange ones made with the marmalade instead of jam are better):thumbs_up
We call them Mikados over here. They are made by jacobs. Kimberly, mikados and coconut creams where the three. But if i'm right, you only get kimberlys in England?
This is a Biscuit:
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/7...scuits4ys7.jpg
Everything else is a cookie.
That looks decidedly similar to a scone.
Yep! looks likea scone or some weird piece of pastry....like a vol u vont with its top still on...Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
A biscuit is eaten at breakfast with gravy:
http://chicagoist.com/attachments/ch...6_11_gravy.jpg
Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
Thats just weird.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Why would anyone torture a poor, defenceless scone like that?
Here's the recipe:
Buttermilk Biscuits
From Diana Rattray,
Your Guide to Southern Food.
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INGREDIENTS:
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
5 tablespoons chilled vegetable shortening
1 cup buttermilk
PREPARATION:
Preheat oven to 425F. In a large bowl, sift together flour, baking powder, salt, and baking soda. Cut shortening into the flour mixture with a pastry blender until the mixture forms coarse crumbs.
Add buttermilk, tossing with a fork, until dough holds together.
Turn dough onto a floured surface and form into a disk. Knead lightly just a few times until smooth.
Pat dough to a 3/4-inch thickness. Using a biscuit cutter or glass dipped in flour, cut out biscuits. Place biscuits about 2 inches apart on an ungreased baking sheet. Gather the trimmings and repeat forming and cutting.
Bake about 12 to 15 minutes, until golden brown.
Makes 12.
It's a southern staple.
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Originally Posted by kilted exile
:lol: :lol: :D Plain old meanness.
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Scones should be eaten with jam and butter of jam and cream not gravy... thats just wrong! the poor scone!
Even I'm not that mean - crazy southerners:pQuote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
btw, that recipe minus the buttermilk & shortening, but with sultanas would make good scones - but they need to get butter & jam spread on them instead of that puke that was on the other ones.
By any chance were you raised by wolves? How can you possibly call sausage gravy - "puke????Quote:
Originally Posted by kilted exile
Sorry Papaya i'm with Kilted on this one. I does look a bit like puke on a scone.:pQuote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Nope, badgers. Sorry, but that really does look like someone has just blown up chunks over those scones - well, either that or mushroom soup:pQuote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Beauty is definately in the eye of the beholder, I'm looking at that picture and thinking "That looks damn tasty, I need to stop and get me breakfast".
Well to be fair, as a Scot I probably shouldnt criticise any other breakfasts - to me this looks damn tasty
http://www.excelloz.com/imagedata/Tr...a061100191.jpg
that looks tasty to me too kilted! yumm!
Beans? for breakfast? and what's that burnt thing in the middle??
black pudding. You can get white pudding too.
pudding???? that don't look like no pudding.
This is pudding:
http://blog.fatfreevegan.com/images/choc-pudding.jpg
its blood pudding, a mix of oats and stuff.
And don't start me on Yorkshire Pudding either!
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Oats? in pudding?
But pudding is a dessert!!!