I made the recipe on time! For the first time since I started my new job! HOLLA!
I was nervous about this recipe for two reasons: the mix of fruit in the cookies (gross) and nuts in the cookies (gross). I'm a purist. The only thing that should be in a cookie is a chip of the chocolate kind. Or some kind of a delicious filling. Or jam.
OK, I'm getting carried away.
I was scared of the dried fruit in the cookies because dried fruit in cookies is gross and dried fruit with chocolate in cookies is super gross. I also omitted the molasses because I was all out and didn't feel like walking two blocks to the supermarket. LAZY.
However, I did get an idea. I have a huge tub of dried cranberries and a bag of white chocolate chips. Well, those two pair perfectly, so I tried it out.
Thankfully, I read the P & Q and l learned that I could sub honey and brown sugar for the molasses. So my changes were - nuts, weird dried apricots and figs, molasses out; honey, brown sugar, and white chocolate chips in. I also did a version with just coconut and chocolate, because I love me some coconut and chocolate.
The cookies were good, but I have a feeling they will be better the next day. I was a bit disappointed with the lack of flavor from the coconut, but it did add a nice texture. I did, however, LOVE the white chocolate and cranberry cookies. As Larry David would say, they were "Prettyyyyyy, prettyyyyyy good." Soft, chewy, with sweet, subtle hints of honey, complex sweetness from the brown sugar, chewy, delicious cranberries, and lovely white chocolate chips. I almost wished I had pistachios to complete the substitutions, but then I thought better of it, as I didn't want any nuts messing up my cookies. Grossness.
I swear, I'll grow up soon.
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The cookies look great! Nice job using what you had on hand. I love how adaptable these cookies are.
Posted by: Margot | April 28, 2010 at 01:33 AM
I wish I would've used cranberries in mine. The whhite chocolate sounds great too!
Posted by: Ashley | April 28, 2010 at 09:51 AM
Ha ha, I can hear Larry David saying that! Your cranberry/white choc combo sounds delicious.
Posted by: Jill | April 28, 2010 at 10:03 AM
I want some of those cookies! I love jazzing up regular chocolate chip cookies with white chocolate chips and tart cranberries (I'm even lazier and use Betty Crocker cookie mix).
Posted by: Phyllis | April 28, 2010 at 12:19 PM
Cranberries and white chocolate combo sound perfect.
Mimi
Posted by: Mimi | April 28, 2010 at 12:51 PM
Your cookies look so good! White chocolate and cranberry is such a great combo.
Posted by: nickki | April 28, 2010 at 04:43 PM
Don't ever "grow up"! We love you the way you are! Your cookies look fab.
Posted by: pamela | April 28, 2010 at 08:41 PM
You know what you like in your cookies, so more power to ya! That white choc/cranberry combo sounds so good.
Posted by: Linda | April 28, 2010 at 09:00 PM
I love the Larry David reference. You've simplified this recipe beautifully. The cookies look great. Now I need to read about this tiramisu bread pudding....
Posted by: Amy | April 29, 2010 at 09:17 AM
i like a recipe like this, where we can just chuck in what we like and it comes out great, no matter the combo. white choc and cranberries sounds good to me!
Posted by: steph (whisk/spoon) | April 29, 2010 at 10:26 AM
Your cookies are actually cute, and not gross at all! Love the Larry David quote...
Posted by: Jessica | April 29, 2010 at 10:30 AM
I like the "flat" look of your cookies, they must be really yummy!
Posted by: Piggy | April 29, 2010 at 02:00 PM
The white chocolate and cranberries make these cookies very photogenic!
Posted by: Carol Peterman | April 29, 2010 at 05:13 PM
I should have been out of the molasses, but there it was staring at me when I opened the pantry. Cranberries and white chocolate sound really good together. Next time, I'll leave out the dried fruit, too.
Posted by: Lynne | April 30, 2010 at 06:49 AM
Haha, I won't lie - dried fruit in cookies doesn't really appeal to me either. I purposely included mix-ins I don't like so I wouldn't eat any of these :) Yours sound fabulous though - I agree that cranberries and white chocolate are a match made in heaven.
Posted by: Tracey | May 03, 2010 at 09:30 PM
These cookies look so delicious,I want to have an eat right now
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I think the pistachios would have been yummy if finely chopped and in small portions per cookie. Gonna have to track down a recipe for some cookies like this now.
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as I didn't want any nuts messing up my cookies. Grossness.
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I think the pistachios would have been yummy if finely chopped and in small portions per cookie. Gonna have to track down a recipe for some cookies like this now.
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