I had a recipe for pecan nib cookies bookmarked for some time now.Since the weather was bad on Tuesday, I decided to stay indoors and tried it.
I cut the recipe back because I didn't need 48 cookies around. Unfortunately, I'm not sure what I did wrong, but the dough came out to crumbs, I tried to press it together into a log, but it just fell apart.
After letting it rest in the refridge (part of the directions), the dough was still crumbly, so I pressed everything into a round baking pan and baked it according to the directions.
When it came out of the oven, it was still REALLY soft.
I tried to take it out of the pan, but it just crumbled.
In the end, I used a butter knife and cut it into triangles (like scones), then let it cool in the pan...I managed to salvage about 8 pieces like this. The rest were crumbs, which was nice on ice cream.
I liked the crunch from the nibs and pecans and the cookie was really, REALLY flaky.
I'll definitely try this again, so I can at least figure out what I did wrong.
They look delicious and i bet the crumbs were perfect with the ice cream. ;-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Debinhawaii, the crumbs were good :) though I still want to know what I did wrong...
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Kat
When I bake, it happens to me most of the time... as long as they are edible and taste good... fine for me :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Mikuru, that sounds like a good motto to follow :)
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Kat
Sure looks delicious anyway!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jalna, it was good in the end :)
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Kat
Salvaging the edibles....a good sign of a very thrifty (and conscious) cook! Sounds like something that I would put on top of gelato too!
ReplyDeleteThanks Rowena, this would have been nice on some gelato :)
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Kat
Kat, was this basically a shortbread cookie with pecans added? If so, perhaps you need a certain amount of butter to keep the dough firm even when you reduce the rest of portions. Just a guess! Anyway, it still looks oishi.
ReplyDeleteNah, I think if you reduce one ingredient, you need to reduce them all...I am kinda thinking that maybe I didn't cream the butter long enough Jenster, I want to try it again, maybe next week...
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Kat
Whenever my cookies are too dry, I add a bit of milk a tablespoon at a time until it's moist enough. They look tasty, even if they came out "wrong"!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the tip Ruthie :) When I try this again, I hope I will not have to add milk to it.
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Kat