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Thursday, March 17, 2011

FFwD Salted Butter Break Ups




Dorie's suggestion for today's cookie is to make it as one large cookie, and serve it at the table, letting everyone break pieces off to enjoy. I took these cookies to my family's St. Patrick's Day corn beef and cabbage dinner on March 17th, and didn't think anyone would want to be breaking off cookie pieces after the little ones got their hands on a large cookie. So I decided to make them into smaller cookies.

I didn't want to make actual cut-out cookies, because I wanted these to retain a rustic look. So I used a pizza cutter, and just cut up the rolled out and chilled dough into rectangles.

I used the fork to make the pattern, and thought I had gone deep enough, but a lot of it dissapeared after baking. Dorie must really press the fork in to get the lines like in the book photo.

A note about dying the cookies green. I like the color they turned out, they're a bit swirled, and not too bright green. I achieved this by adding the food coloring to the food processor after the water had been added and the dough pulsed a few times. I think I would've had a more consistent green color if I'd added the food coloring to the water, and pulsed them both in at the same time. I also could have added the food coloring to the egg white, and had a "painted" green top on the cookie. I'm happy with the swirled look, but if you wanted to dye these cookies and wanted a more consistent look, I'd try one of the other options.

Overall, nobody in my family was a huge fan of these. They were slightly salty, but not really that sweet. And I don't think I'll make them again, because I couldn't help feeling like I was making homemade play-dough when I was rolling out the dough.

Happy Irish/French Friday with Dorie! You can see how the cookie crumbled for the other bloggers at frenchfridayswithdorie.com!

Edit: I used 1 teaspoon of Kosher salt, and thought these were more salty than sweet. It seems that others used a different kind of salt (sel gris was what we were told to use) and maybe had a different result.
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18 comments:

  1. UnknownMarch 18, 2011 at 8:12 AM

    Sorry you all didn't love these but what a good idea to go green! I sprinkled salt on top which gave a little more intensity to the saltiness. We really loved them.

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  2. Cher RockwellMarch 18, 2011 at 9:35 AM

    Sorry this wasn't a hit for you, but what fun to use the food coloring!

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  3. StephMarch 18, 2011 at 10:25 AM

    Perhaps it was the green swirl that gave you the playdough feel! Love the addition of color. Too bad they weren't a fav at your house, but at least you made a good effort at bringing a unique twist to this recipe. I agree about the hash marks, no idea how Dorie got them so perfect!

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  4. Jessica of My Baking HeartMarch 18, 2011 at 10:48 AM

    Sorry to hear this one wasn't for you. I love the green you got, though! :)

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  5. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 12:32 PM

    Love the green marbled color! Sorry that this wasn't a hit in your family. Kudos for trying it!

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  6. KathyMarch 18, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    Love that you made them green for St. Paddy's Day! They look great. If your salt was not a course grain, it could have affected the amount of saltiness in your cookie. Sorry they were not a hit in your house. We really enjoyed them.

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  7. TiaMarch 18, 2011 at 2:16 PM

    soooo cute! too bad they weren't more popular chez toi.
    Buttercreambarbie

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  8. Kris' KitchenMarch 18, 2011 at 2:30 PM

    I did not find this recipe to be too salty with the sel gris, in fact, I would add a little more salt next time. I do like your green!

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  9. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 2:58 PM

    I can't help but smile at the homemade play dough description. The green colouring probably has much to do with that impression. :)

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  10. Liz That Skinny Chick Can BakeMarch 18, 2011 at 6:08 PM

    At least yours were unique and festive! They look darn good :)

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  11. AnonymousMarch 18, 2011 at 8:11 PM

    How fun to make them green. Sorry you didn't like these. Always worth a try though. You never know.

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  12. UnknownMarch 18, 2011 at 9:20 PM

    I love how you made them green! Happy St. Patricks!

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  13. BibbercheMarch 18, 2011 at 9:43 PM

    I liked the cookie because it was not too sweet, LOL! Different tastes...
    Great idea to color the dough to fit for St. Paddy's Day celebration:)

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  14. AdrianaMarch 19, 2011 at 4:56 AM

    I love the idea of using the pizza cutter to divide the dough. Maybe that would have worked for the criss-crossing too. I might try it next time!

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  15. tricia s.March 19, 2011 at 8:58 AM

    I had the reaction as you - funny how when it is the minority view you are all the more comforted to find someone else with the same opinion :) Mine was not nearly as cool green - I just love the marbling effect. Also loving your new blog wallpaper....I would love to do a room in my house with it !!!

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  16. AnonymousMarch 20, 2011 at 8:30 AM

    I'm sorry to hear your family didn't like these. The green color is fun though! If you have leftover cookies, maybe you could make a glaze for the top to sweeten them up a bit.

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  17. KitchenarianMarch 20, 2011 at 1:14 PM

    Great idea for the green; quite festive!

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  18. Ms. HobbyMarch 22, 2011 at 9:16 PM

    Thanks everyone! My leftovers went to the kitchen at work, where they were polished off! :D

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