One of my absolute favorite things to do is "test" recipes. Test is in quotes there because often times it's a recipe I've made before - but there's no reason I can't practice! Especially when it's a cookie recipe! These
Cream Wafer Cookies have got the be the most fattening cookie in existence. Tons of butter, a lot of sugar, a little flour, a little cream - and that's IT! Oh but they melt in your mouth (as they should). I remember Mom making these when I was a little girl. There's something about
cookies Mom made when we were young to really cement a cookie in the category of Comfort Food. And there's no such thing as low-fat comfort food, right? So it's all good! (..."she rationalizes, as she pops a sweet pat of butter into her mouth.") Boy they're labor intensive though. I had to cut out ~90 of those round wafers you see there, then press sugar onto both sides. Whew! After they baked, I was so tired I just let them wait overnight before making the "creamy filling" this morning.
The last time I had the patience for these was coincidentally enough, about exactly a year ago - therefore not too far from Valentine's Day. So it seems I always make the filling pink. Decided to do a second color too: lavender! They have to go straight into the fridge since (as I may have mentioned before) they are almost all butter. It doesn't seem so appropriate but I'll probably take these to a Super Bowl party I'm thinking of stopping at tomorrow. Men watching football will eat little pink cookies....right?
One of my absolute favorite things to do is "test" recipes. Test is in quotes there because often times it's a recipe I've made before - but there's no reason I can't practice! Especially when it's a cookie recipe! These Cream Wafer Cookies have got the be the most fattening cookie in existence. Tons of butter, a lot of sugar, a little flour, a little cream - and that's IT! Oh but they melt in your mouth (as they should). I remember Mom making these when I was a little girl. There's something about cookies Mom made when we were young to really cement a cookie in the category of Comfort Food. And there's no such thing as low-fat comfort food, right? So it's all good! (..."she rationalizes, as she pops a sweet pat of butter into her mouth.") Boy they're labor intensive though. I had to cut out ~90 of those round wafers you see there, then press sugar onto both sides. Whew! After they baked, I was so tired I just let them wait overnight before making the "creamy filling" this morning. 
The last time I had the patience for these was coincidentally enough, about exactly a year ago - therefore not too far from Valentine's Day. So it seems I always make the filling pink. Decided to do a second color too: lavender! They have to go straight into the fridge since (as I may have mentioned before) they are almost all butter. It doesn't seem so appropriate but I'll probably take these to a Super Bowl party I'm thinking of stopping at tomorrow. Men watching football will eat little pink cookies....right?
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