TWD…. Mokonut’s Rye-Cranberry Chocolate Chunk Cookies

This week our challenge was to make “Mokonut’s Rye-Cranberry Chocolate Chunk Cookies

 

The story behind these very yummy cookies that Dorie shared with us was that People come from all around the world to eat at MoKonut’s, which is a small little restaurant in Paris. It is always full and everyone comes for the same dessert which is one of MoKo Hirayama’s cookies. The story is that she only makes a few varieties, but the all share the same chubbiness, texture and uncommon flavor profiles. 

This recipe had me at first hesitation, rye and bittersweet chocolate was not a flavor combination that I would have contemplate for a cookie and living so far away from the nearest grocery store I was a little limited on my ingredients. So as most of you that have followed along with me and this baking group knows that I can’t share the exact recipe with you, but I can tell you that I replaced the rye flour with Spelt flour and the bittersweet chocolate with white chocolate chips. 

I can honestly tell you that I was sweetly surprised at how wonderfully delicious they are and when eaten warm they were the highlight of my day. I was debating if I should add the whole 1/3 cup of poppy seeds or not and I am so glad I did… you can find the recipe and the rest of the story behind these cookies on page 163 in Dorie Greenspan’s new cook book entitled “Baking with Dorie: Sweet, Salty & Simple”

TWD..... Apple Pandowdy

It’s Tuesday.... and So excited.... this week our “Baking with Dorie” recipe was Apple Pandowdy. 

This recipe was amazingly simple ( 5 ingredients) and very tasty, not too sweet and was a wonderful finishing fall complement to our meatloaf & mashed potato dinner. Not to heavy and yet warm and comforting. As you can see, there is no cinnamon in this recipe and as tempted as I was to add it, (because you can’t have baking apples without cinnamon... 🤔) I am really glad I didn’t. I think it would have taken away from the nice and fresh, clean, crisp flavor of the apples. We served ours with whipped cream and Carmel drizzle. 

The little girls choose “Whale” shaped pie dough toppers, they were pretending they were fat baked turkeys.... lol.

You can find the recipe in Dorie Greenspan’s new cookbook entitled “Baking with Dorie: Sweet, Salty and Simple”

TWD..... English Muffins

I woke up early this morning really excited to be baking again with the “Tuesday’s with Dorie” Group and we are currently baking out of her new cookbook entitled “Baking With Dorie, Sweet, Salty and Simple” by Dorie Greenspan.

Our recipes this month will be England Muffins & Apple Pandowdy. I started with English Muffins. I have only made them one other time and I baked them. I discovered today that Traditional English Muffins are never baked, they are fried. And then best if toasted before eating....

Here is how our day went::::::::