This week’s Tuesdays with Dorie recipe from Dorie’s Cookies was a simple one – “galettes” (thick buttery cookies) with a touch of spice.
Dorie says:
Definitely winter cookies, but not traditional Christmas cookies, despite the spices. First you taste the cinnamon, the hint of ginger and cloves, and you think you know what’s in store. But then comes the salt — enough to make it unmissable — and the coarsely ground black pepper. I love the effect these have on the unsuspecting: puzzlement followed by pleasure. I also love that they’re substantial: They’re thick cookies, which is why they’re called galettes, French for pucks.
These are roll (freeze) and cut cookies but I thought I would be sneaky and scoop the sticky dough directly into muffin tins, then flatten them before I chilled them. Unfortunately for me, the dough was SO sticky I couldn’t flatten them pre-chill, and then I left them to chill too long so they were rock hard and I couldn’t flatten them before I baked them. My solution? I pulled the trays halfway through the bake and flattened them with the bottom of a small glass. So, they’re clunky and not quite round but it worked (phew!).
These were fine – not outstanding but I like the crumble from the almond flour. To be honest, I couldn’t taste the spices very much (I made half a recipe so half a pinch of cloves, ginger – well, it’s not much). I added more pepper than the recipe called for but couldn’t really taste it in the finished cookies. No matter – they were tasty and I learned a lesson (um, follow the recipe!)
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oh no– i always do that with the muffin tin cookies, too (in addition to slice-and-bake, i also do not like roll-outs haha)! i agree about the spice flavor. i tried some of the raw dough and had to throw in a bit extra of everything.
Yes, these were tasty but not a stand out for me.
I couldn’t taste the spices much either. I added extra since I left the pepper out but I should have added more. Steph had a good idea with sugar and cinnamon on top. It was a tasty sugar cookie though. I skipped this week, no puffs for me.