For those of you who have been following me as I teach myself to bake, I have joined two more baking groups. As you may be aware, I am already a Daring Baker. I am now a member of Iron Cupcake World, and, as of today’s post, I am a card-carrying member of Tuesdays with Dorie (TWD).
As some of you remember, I may or may not have previously asserted my position that Dorie Greenspan was a little bit of a whore. This was merely because her marshmallow frosting was straight from hell. I am forced by my new membership to qualify this statement. I will now say that Dorie Greenspan is not necessarily a whore, but that marshmallow frosting is only makable by people who have sex for money. Does that help? Please do not tell her that I called her a whore, as she’s thin and wiry and looks like a bit of a scrapper. I prefer not to be hit, based on imaginary hemophilia that only develops when I’m in danger of being hit (often). I do love her cookbook, though, and her lemon cream tart (with my own addition of blueberries and candied peel) was like a pants party in my mouth. Thus, I am happy to link up with a group that has dedicated themselves to following her works with a passionate devotion previously reserved for the works of religious figures. Like L.Ron Hubbard. Each week, on Tuesday, I will have made a recipe from her book “Baking: From my home to yours.”
This week the assignment was Chocolate Malted Whopper Drops. As you can see, I managed to create a cookie-like confection that tasted for all the world like a mouthful of Whopper. Likely because it contained an awful lot of Whoppers. And malted milk powder. And chocolate.
What I will say about the cookies is twofold. First, I am a big fan of vanilla malts. I have discovered I am less of a fan of chocolate malt. I’m not saying I don’t like chocolate malt, just that I wholeheartedly prefer vanilla. The cookies were interestingly textured. They were pretty soft (perhaps due to my own impatience), and pleasantly chewy. The pieces of shattered malt ball kind of melted and caramelized into a crispy-sticky substance, and I was surprised by that. I’m not sure what I thought would happen, but definitely not that. Chris actually had to ask me what the “hard pieces” were. Fortunately, they are very tasty if you like chocolate malt, and I did not have to pay for them.
The variation I would like to try is a version of this cookie with a vanilla base (like a chocolate chip cookie without the chocolate) and the addition of malt powder. In place of the chocolate chips, I’d use white chocolate, and instead of the chocolate Whoppers, I’d use those new Strawberry Malt Whoppers. Do you think this would combine correctly? I’ll give it a shot.
Welcome! Hey, go ahead and try the strawberry Whoppers if you like! I look forward to more sassy posts from you. Lucky folks at work!
Thanks for making my pick and welcome to the group!
Welcome to TWD!!! I wish I could find those strawberry whoppers! Your cookies look great!
Strawberry Whoppers are of Satan. How do I know? I’ll tell you. I’m of the opinion that half price Easter candy tastes just as good as full priced Easter candy. Plus you get twice as much! Half priced strawberry whoppers on the other hand taste just as heinous as full priced strawberry whoppers and twice as many strawberry whoppers is fourty times too many. That is all.
Making marshmallow frosting is only legal in Nevada, is all I’m saying.
We don’t have the cherry chip cookies in Texas because that privilege would be instantly abused by our super-sized residents. Sad. They still exist in Colorado, to the best of my knowledge, where all the soccer moms just look at them and then wash their eyes out with Visine to ensure that no calories get absorbed.
Oh, yes please do! What an interesting idea and please post pictures!! When I was a kid they had straberry chip cookies at the grocery store and I could have 1 if I was good – they were devine and I’ve never been able to match them. Some sort of strawberry candy. Can’t wait to see how they trun out.
Oh, yes please do! What an interesting idea and please post pictures!! When I was a kid they had straberry chip cookies at the grocery store and I could have 1 if I was good – they were devine and I’ve never been able to match them. Some sort of strawberry candy. Can’t wait to see how they trun out.
Oh, yes please do! What an interesting idea and please post pictures!! When I was a kid they had straberry chip cookies at the grocery store and I could have 1 if I was good – they were devine and I’ve never been able to match them. Some sort of strawberry candy. Can’t wait to see how they trun out.
If making marshmallow frosting is whorish, well, I’m just a big ol’ whore! I love your sassy-ass blog, ma’am.
DAMMIT! Someone is ALWAYS stealing my flair…guess I’ll forget about the strawberry Whoppers. It looks like my mom would have disowned me for making them anyway. I think the maternal loyalty that says “Wow! That’s a wonderful drawing, honey!” when I’m presenting her with a piece of scribbled crap has expired upon me turning 26.
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The cookies with the strawberry whoppers have been attempted =P your mileage may vary.
I would say nay to strawberry- just me though~ your cookies look fab! Welcome to the group!!
Welcome! I saw those strawberry whoppers at the store…hmm…
You found strawberry Whoppers? Have I been living inside a cave?! That is awesome.
“a pants party in my mouth” and “a mouthful of Whopper” in one single blog post?
Who da ho?
I could include “what the ‘hard pieces’ were,” but that was Chris’s remark, and he probably hasn’t had a hard piece in his mouth before.
Welcome to the Dorie group… we won’t tell her the nasty name you called her! I’ve never heard of strawberry whoppers… I’d say to give them a shot!
I love you and your blog. You are for real, the bomb. Oh, is it still acceptable to say “bomb”??
Nix on the strawberry whoppers. But I’m pretty negative on anything strawberry-flavored anything that doesn’t start with ripe strawberries fresh from the patch.