饼干大会 - 新年的祝福

今年我们组里办了一次 cookie exchange party, 大家把自己拿手的 cookie 贡献出来，互相品尝和交流。老板还准备了很多精美的礼品袋，每人装满一袋饼干“凯旋”回家。

看一眼花花绿绿的饼干，是不是已经十分甜蜜了？借节日的东风，把部分展品晒出来。

下面是 cookie swap pictures 和部分 recipes.

1。全景一览



2。这是 ingredients 最多的健康饼干 - Cosmic cookies. 俺见过的貌似史上最长的用料方子。 想吃甜点又想健康的就是它了！我们这位同事可是苗条又健康的呦。



俺把方子摘录如下：

2 1/4 cups quick cooking oats
2 cups spelt flour
1 cup sunflower seeds
3/4 cup + 2 tbsp pumpkin seeds
1/2 cup shredded coconut, unsweetened
1/4 cup flax seeds
1 cup granulated cane sugar
2 1/4 tsp sea salt
1 3/4 (250gms + a bit) dark chocolate chips
1 1/4 cups raisins
1/4 cup water
1/4 cup blackstrap molasses
3/4 canola oil
1 cup soy milk

Preheat oven to 350 F. Line baking trays with parchment paper.

In a VERY large bowl, combine dry ingrediants - evrything from oats to raisins.

In a seperate large bowl, combine wet ingredians - everything from water to soy milk. Add wet ingrediants to dry ingrediants and mix until just combined. Do not over mix.

Portion cookie dough using a 1/3 cup measure and place onto lined baking tray. Gently flatted cookie before baking.

Bake for 24 minutes or until lightly browned. Yields 24 cookies (better to make smaller).

3。 只用了三种成分的short bread cookies. 这三样东西是：面粉、红糖和黄油。老板提供的。



特简单， 好吃又好做， 比买的香脆、新鲜。 享受点健康的， 来点黄油又何妨？

方子在这儿：

makes about 80 small cookies, 30 larger cookies 
Preparation time: 15 minutes
cooking time: 12-15 minutes

No Christmas table would be complete without a plate of crisp, buttery shortbread cookies. This recipe is fabulous and is so easy you'll be able to keep the cookie jar toppled up throughout the holidays.

1 cup softened butter  250 ml
1/2 cup packed brown sugar  125 ml
2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour  625 ml

1. Preheat oven to 325 F(160C)

2. In medium bowl, cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.With your fingertips, gradually work in 2 cups (500 ml) flour, adding more if necessary to make a soft but not sticky dough.Gather dough into a ball; kneaded lightly.

3. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 1/3-in (8 mm) thickness; cut into shapes with Christmas cookie cutters.
Arrange 2 in (5 cm) apart on ungreased baking sheets.

4. Bake 12 to 15 minutes, until lighly tinged with gold. let cool on wire racks.

Variation: For spiced shortbread, add 1 tsp (5 ml) each cinnamon and ginger, 1/2 tsp (2 ml) ground cloves and 1/4 tsp (1 ml) grated nutmag on flour before adding to butter-suger mixture.

4。这个我叫不上名，好像是店里买来的，很漂亮的造型， 不知哪国风味？感觉象东欧的甜品？左边第一款里面夹了馅，有点象月饼里的五仁馅。 俺拿回家了一个。



5。 Chocolate Haystacks - 俺家小朋友说非常好吃（俺没吃但拿到了方子），做法超简单，好像都不用开烤箱哎。过几天让小朋友实践一把。



方子如下：

Ingredient:

2 cups of Corn Flakes (the fresher the better)
2 tablespoons of penut butter
Melted chocolate (approximately 1.5 cups)

Melt the chocolate and peanut butter ( in short intervals and at a lower temperature) in the microwave.

Pour the corn flakes into a large bowl.

Add the chocolate mixture and stir slowly and carefully. Add more chocolate if not enough to cover or more cereal if too much chocolate mixture.

Once everything is coated, spoon into "stacks" onto a cookie sheet covered with waxed paper. 

Place in refrigerator until hardened and transfer to a sealed container.

6。 这个应该叫 Oatmeal Cookies with dried Apricots and White Chocolate ？ 猜的， 希望对号入座没有搞错。



方子比较长：

Instead of old-fashioned oatmeal raisin, swap in apricots and white chocolate. the white chocolate's sweetness tempers the tang of the fruit, creating a balanced batch that will appeal to kids and adults alike.

Yieds about 4 dozen

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups old fashioned oatmeal
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
8 ounces (2 sticks) unsalted butter, softened
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed light-brown sugar
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon pur vanilla extract
2 large eggs
8 ounces white chocolate, chopped
7 ounces dried apricots, preferably Canifonia, chopped (1 1/2 cups)

Directions

1 preheated oven to 350 degres. Mix flour, oatmeal, and baking soda in a medium bowl. Cream butter and sugars with a mixer until light and fluffy. Reduce speed to low. Add salt, valilla, and eggs, and bat until well combined, about 1 minute. Add flour mixture gradually, beating until just combined. Stir in chocolate and appricots. Cover, and refrigerate until cool, about 30 minutes.

2. Drop heaping tablespoons of dough onto parchment-lined baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart. bake until cookies are golden brown around the edges but still soft in the center, 14 to 16 minutes. Let cookies coll on baking sheets for 2 minutes. transfer cookies to a wire rack, let cool.

7。这个不知叫啥？ 感觉是cheese 口味的。没拿到方子也不知味道如何。

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8。这个，大家都常见的。平时经常吃到， 俺就不唠叨了。我以前做过类似的，冒牌一下：

blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/53193/201112/24447.html



9。俺做的：butter pecan ball, 方子以前写过。链接在此：

blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/53193/201112/21850.html



10。 Ginger bread cookies - 姜饼



11。Lemon Squares，俺也做过， 小朋友都喜欢：

blog.wenxuecity.com/myblog/53193/201306/11902.html



12。 Dates squares。 带回一块， 还没拆包呢， 估计甜度很大。



13。老板准备的各式小零食，后面那筐里的是烘烤的各种健康薯片、红薯片等等，俺就守在这儿吃。 老实坦白：俺饼干就吃了一小块，主要在啃那些不是饼干的东西了。还有一个重要的吃点在下面。



14。 Mini samosa - 太好吃了，俺就不停吃这个。这不是甜点， 是咸点， 用了filo pastry sheet包的 。俺要山寨这个。



15。还有这个，也是这位大哥带的：油炸土豆片和茄子片，旁边还准备了蘸料sauce。非常好吃。



16。 这位老兄就用这个充数了？从楼下店里买来的。



17。众所周知的 Chocolate cookies。 好像有好几盘类似的饼干， 俺手头拿到一个Chocolate Crackle Cookies 的方子， 估计不是这个。 俺搞岔了, 大家不要对号入座。



Chocolate Crackle Cookies

Ingrediants:

8 ounces bittersweet chocolate, melted and cooled
1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup Dutch cocoa powder
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
1 1/3 cups light-brown suger, firamly packed
1 large eggs
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
1/3 cup milk
1 cup confectioners' suger, plus more for rolling

Heat over to 350 degrees. chop bittersweet chocolate into small bits, and melt over medium heat in a heat-prrof bowl or the top of a double boiler set over a pan of simmering water. Set aside to cool. Sift together flour, cocoa, baking powder, and salt.

In the bowl of a heavy-duty electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, beat butter and light-brown suger until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, and beat until well combined. Add melted chocolate. With mixer on low speed, alternate adding dry ingrediants and milk until just combined. Divide the dough into quarters, wrap with plastic wrap, and chill in the refrigerator until firm, about 2 hours.

On a clean countertop, roll each portion of dough into a log approximately 16 inches long and 1 inch pieces, and toss in confectioners' sugar, a few at a time. using your hands, roll the pieces into ball shape. If any of the cocoa-colored dough is visible, roll dough in confectioners' sugar agin to coat completely. Place the cookies 2 inches apart on a Silpat-lined baking sheet. bake until cookies have flattened and the sugar spits, 12 to 15 minutes.

Transfer from oven to a wire rack to let cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.

18。最后闪亮登场的（同事来晚了），却带来一片惊艳, 掀起本次活动的高潮。据说 recipe 是 grandma's secret， 而且 Grandma 亲自纯手工打理。 真是漂亮，反正俺是毫不客气地往礼品袋里塞了一个。观赏价值高， 也很应景的说。



其实我们还有位烘焙高手因为maternity leave （休产假）缺席了，她说明天会（她每年都这样）送来她家每年一次的传统烘焙产品。很期待哦！

19。最后祝大家： 新年愉快， 身体康健，生活甜蜜！







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