Tuesdays with Dorie (Dorie’s Cookies): Salted Chocolate-Caramel Bars

Dorie Greenspan Salted Chocolate-Caramel Bars unsliced image on eatlivetravelwrite.comThis month’s Cookies and Kindness recipe is also a Tuesdays with Dorie recipe this month! Some of you may remember last year, I introduced you to Dorie Greenspan’s latest project, #cookiesandkindness.

The aim: To make the world sweeter.
The method: Bake/Share/Post

Goodness knows we can all use a little kindness and sweetness these days and I couldn’t think of a more deserving group of people to bake for than my colleagues in Week 9 of Term 2. Though Term 1 is LONG and Term 3 is crazy, Term 2 is the hardest, I think. It’s the darkest, coldest term full of germs and sickness and due to a calendar snafu this year, we ended up having parent-teacher interviews all day on the Monday of the last week of school, taught all day Tuesday then had more interviews until 9 that night, headed back to school the next day for a whole day of spring concerts THEN we had two full days of school to get through. It was a long, grim week peppered with renovations happening around us that made for a challenging week (some of us were also preparing to fly our directly when school ended on that last day to a photoshoot in France too… ’nuff said). I KNEW these were the right choice to end my term’s baked goods offerings on!

Of this choice, Dorie says:

This is the kind of cookie that makes you think you should stop everything, throw over your regular life and open a fancy pastry shop just so you can have a legit excuse to bake — and eat — these every day. The base is a simple chocolate shortbread, one with just enough sugar and salt to make it delicious but not obtrusive. It’s a cookie that knows that its place is to give the voluptuous star, the caramel, a foundation on which to flaunt its assets, among them its characteristic smooth, slow-melting texture; its deep flavor, which blends burnt sugar, dark chocolate and a hint of salt; and its looks, all sleek sophistication even while it’s enticing you to grab it like a greedy kid. The bars are topped with toasted pecans, there for flavor and to add a bit of crunch to the lithesome caramel.

Cookies and Kindness Dorie Greenspan Salted Chocolate-Caramel Bars image on eatlivetravelwrite.comI mean, when caramel is described as “lithesome”? Who can resist!? I topped mine with nut-free sprinkles as I knew I was taking them to school where some of my colleagues have allergies but I will definitely try them again with nuts…

These were really easy to make and even easier to eat. They were, however, incredibly gooey and once you cut them you basically have to store them single layer and not touching each other otherwise they stick together unrelentingly. The chocolate-caramel doesn’t actually set at all so they are gooey and messy to eat. They came with a warning that, apparently most people didn’t even care about because…. the taste…..

Dorie Greenspan Salted Chocolate-Caramel Bars from Dories Cookies feedback on eatlivetravelwrite.comIt’s not often I get many notes on my baked goods – not that people are not grateful, they mostly just tell me in person – but these are seriously stop-you-in-your-tracks delicious.

Cookies and Kindness: 1
Last week of Term Two: 0

Get the recipe for Salted Chocolate-Caramel Bars here or on pp 42-44 of Dorie’s Cookies.

What cookies will you bake to share? Take part in the #cookiesandkindness movement!

Get baking! Who will you treat this month? If you’d like stickers, tags and cards to dress up the cookies you’ll be sharing, get them here courtesy Dorie’s publisher.

We’d love to see what you’re baking up to share! Use the #cookiesandkindness and #Dories_Cookies hashtags and don’t forget to tag @doriegreenspan (Twitter and Instagram). Bake on, people!

Dorie's Cookies on eatlivetravelwrite.com

 

 

Want more cookie recipes? Order Dorie’s Cookies for yourself on Amazon (this link should bring you to the Amazon store in your country) or for free worldwide shipping, buy from The Book Depository. Then join us over on Tuesdays with Dorie and bake your way through the book!

 

 

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Disclosure: I was provided with a copy of “Dorie’s Cookies” for review purposes. I was not asked to write about the book, nor am I being compensated for doing do. All opinions 100% my own.

21 thoughts on “Tuesdays with Dorie (Dorie’s Cookies): Salted Chocolate-Caramel Bars”

  1. Okay, we won’t begrudge the fact none of these made it to your truly, let alone MY staff room.

    We’ll let this one pass for the well-deserving teachers out there. 🙂

    (But I do want a rebake….)

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  2. It’s not even 9 a.m here and if these were presented to me right now, I would have one with my morning coffee. Gooey and all. These look really, really good. Thank you for sharing.

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  3. I agree with all your comments on these cookies. They are definitely gooey – I brought some to Pilates and the dish tipped up and they stuck together. But they are so delish, you forget about it. Even nut free, they look devine.

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  4. These cookies are very gooey but I think that may be why I love them. They are best at room temperature though. I just tried a bite out of the fridge. It’s just not the same. I loved seeing the thank you note!!

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  5. I love the responses you received for these! As gooey as they are, they’re still perfect for sharing. I also like the way they look with sprinkles – lovely alternative to nuts.

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