Is this yum, or is this dumb? - Democratic Underground

Dora

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Wed Dec-14-05 01:23 PM
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Is this yum, or is this dumb?

Tomorrow it's my turn to bring a snack to the office. I have no time to go to the store, so I'm baking tonight with ingredients I have on hand.

Would white chocolate chip cookie bars w/ orange zest be palatable? If so, how much zest? Should I add it with the dry ingredients, or cream it into the butter and sugar?

Thanks!

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wakemeupwhenitsover

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Wed Dec-14-05 01:29 PM
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1. I think it would be good.

A tip I learned fron Dorie Greenspan is that when you are using zest blend it in with the sugar with your fingers. It really adds a lot. Then cream your butter & sugar/orange zest, then go ahead with the recipe.

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eleny

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Wed Dec-14-05 01:31 PM
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2. Chocolate + orange = YUM!

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Dora

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Wed Dec-14-05 02:04 PM
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4. Yes, but I had doubts about the white chocolate...

It is the not-chocolate chocolate, after all.

I have two unused bags of the chips gathering dust in my cupboard: "They were on sale."

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eleny

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Wed Dec-14-05 03:22 PM
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5. It still sounds really delicious to me

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Wed Dec-14-05 01:32 PM
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3. I think it sounds fabulous

I'd cream the zest in with the butter and sugar. I think you'll get more flavor out of it that way. I frequently make a couple of batches of spritz cookies with orange or lemon zest every holiday cookie binge time. Think I may even do it today.

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Dora

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Wed Dec-14-05 03:28 PM
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6. OK, I'll do it and update y'all later.

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housewolf

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Wed Dec-14-05 11:10 PM
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7. Sounds delicious to me...

hope they turned out great for you and that your office folks like them a lot.

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Dora

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Thu Dec-15-05 11:41 AM
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8. My Grade: B+

My Senior English teacher in HS always said, "There's no such thing as a perfect paper." With that in mind, I have to say that my cookies were good, but they needed tweaking.

I used the "classic" toll house cookie recipe (which I've never made before). They seemed slightly greasy to me, and the orange flavor was too subtle for my tastes. I made bars, not cookies.

Next time I will: reduce butter to 3/4 C, use all brown sugar, add the zest of two oranges, and bake a little bit longer. I may also use dark chocolate chunks instead of white chocolate.

(White chocolate. Why bother?)

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wakemeupwhenitsover

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Thu Dec-15-05 12:00 PM
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9. After you made the zest

did you use your fingers to rub it into the sugar? Two rinds might be better, but if you rub the zest & the sugar together you'll get a much more orangey flavor.

It sounds like a good experiment.

btw: I never use white chocolate. I'm with you: why bother.

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Dora

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Thu Dec-15-05 12:09 PM
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10. I did.

With my trusty micrplane I grated that zest directly into the sugar, rubbed it all together, made sure that there wasn't any clumps of zest, then creamed it easily into the well-softened but not liquid butter.

I guess I should specify that I used a tangerine, not an orange. That may have been my problem, but I've used tangerine zest before with no flavor fallout so I didn't expect such a weak kick.

I love experimenting like this!

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GoneOffShore

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Fri Dec-16-05 11:36 PM
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11. I was going to ask about a microplane

but you provided the answer.
I recently did something similar with chocolate and orange but used clemintines instead.
Turned out great.
PS
I've never been a fan of white chocolate.

70% bittersweet ROCKS THE HOUSE.

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OldLeftieLawyer

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Sat Dec-17-05 10:23 PM
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12. I don't like white or milk chocolate, especially,

and I've never been a fan of Hershey's, but these are quite good:

http://www.hersheys.com/products/details/extradark/index.asp?name=Cranberry+Macadamia&id=%7Biw_value%20name=

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