The Recipe: Rolo Cookies
Used the recipe from Spryte's Place, as that's what Bob said he'd do next time. But followed his example and just rolled them in sugar, rather than walnuts. He has great step-by-step pics too.
Thoughts/Tips/Mistakes
Almost made a pretty mighty mistake. Since I was halving the recipe, quickly jotted down the ingredients in the quantities I was going to need. But wrote baking powder instead of baking soda! Doh!
Luckily noticed before it was too late. Consulted baking911, it was all too confusing, so came to the conclusion that it wasn't worth the risk of not fixing. So threw out the flour/cocoa powder/baking powder mix. Aargh! It killed me, being a child of a child of the (last) Depression.
Did I really have to do that? Would love to know...
But I did come up with a pretty good technique for putting them together, to toot my own horn.
a) chill the dough before starting, and intermittently throughout (it was soooo hot in our kitchen)
b) scoop a tbspn of dough, then push the rolo into the dough while still on the spoon, fold up the dough around the rolo, then push the ball out of the spoon, and roll in the sugar
Oh, and the packets of Rolos we get around here have 8 pieces in them. Half Spryte's recipe came out to exactly 24 rolo cookies - amazing!
Pix
Technique:
Cookie balls
Done - photo a bit weird - they're actually quite dark
7 comments:
WOW. Those look fabulous, a must try!
Nice, glad you liked them! They are wicked good, huh? :) Good thing you tossed that first dry mix, I've tried to just muddle through after doing that and it just doesn't work.
Hey, did you submit that last shot to foodgawker? It's a great pic.
Oh, wow, this is just - well - dangerous! I can't believe how good these look. And that last, gooey, delicious photo...
@A.M. - they are highly recommended, give them a go! And thanks!
@Bob: You're too kind! But thanks, maybe I'll give it a try, hopefully they won't know the color's a bit off! :)
@Philomena: dangerous is definitely the word! thanks!
They look great!!!
I think they are my most requested cookie!
Thanks, Spryte! No wonder - they're fabulous, thanks so much for sharing them with us!
These look so good! I am tempted to try them with other candy fillings too.. a Reese's Peanut Butter cup or and Andes Candy might be yummy. Thanks for sharing :)
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