Rachael of Confessions of a Tangerine-tart has chosen this weeks Tuesdays with Dorie recipe. I made these cookies a few months back and was very disappointed.

The dough is more like a tuile batter than it is a cookie dough. So I got what I expected, flat sugardaddy like cookies. The malt seems to caramelize in the oven and the recipe didn’t call for the dough to be chilled. The mixture of the two was gounds for flat cookies, but I went along with it.

When I saw the recipe of the week I had to give it another go. I did make a change this time around, I chilled the batter for 30 minutes before going into the oven.

The cookies still didn’t come out like the photo in Dorie’s book, but my guests didn’t seem to mind. They inhaled them. If you would like to give these cookies a go, you can find the recipe on Rachel’s blog: Confessions of a Tangerine-tart

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8 Responses to “Chocolate Whopper Malted Drops”

Lori Says:

A pink kitchenaid mixer can do no wrong. I say the problem lay in the stars. :)

Caitlin Says:

I’m glad that your guests liked them at least. They did spread quite a bit more than I was expecting.

steph (whisk/spoon) Says:

good to hear your guests devoured them! i also chilled mine and got puffy cookies, but they didn’t look like dorie’s either. they were much better as ice cream sandwhiches.

food librarian Says:

second time was a charm! your guests were lucky – your cookies look great!!!

Sugar Betty Says:

I am loving that Pink KA and your star tats! Sweet! I actually loved this recipe and made ice cream sandwiches out of them too. I ate most of the cookie dough before it was put in the oven. :)

Holly Says:

I’m glad you gave them another go. I couldn’t figure out why I couldn’t quite get them like the picture either, but they were still great! They look really good!

Mari Says:

I pretty much chill every cookie recipe pre-oven, to avoid “the spread”, whether the recipe suggests it or not. I used to think I was a failure as a cookie baker until I figured out that chilling was the way forward. Whatever the case, I think your cookies turned out just as they should have, big and cakey!

chocolatechic Says:

I am in such KitchenAid envy.

Yours is pink.

I love pink.

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