(Crap, I forgot to take a picture!)
I saw this recipe a couple months ago in Bon Appetit and thought it sounded richly fabulous. Since we decided to keep Valentine's Day on the low-key side (as usual, really), I made these for a fancy dessert after our Ethiopian dinner.
Phew. This was a labor-intensive recipe and took a long-ass time. Part of it was my own fault: I only have one cookie sheet, so it takes quite a while for me to let a batch cool, transfer, add new parchment and throw in another batch.
It turned out all right. Like most cookies I've made at this altitude, they went out instead of gently up. I used to bake a lot when I was a kid in Iowa, but kind of lost the bug after moving to Denver. Too many failed attempts, forgetting to adjust for altitude. I'm still not entirely certain how to work this with cookies—I've been OK with cakes and breads, but my cookies never seem to turn out quite as they should.
Anyhoots. The chocolate cookies were shaped all right, and tasted fine, but came out extremely delicate. We (John helped) had to be very careful when spreading on the frostings. I could have used more of a punch of chocolate, but the little sandwiches turned out pretty well. We still have a bunch of them in the fridge, and I think they might taste even better cold.
Recipe: 4/5
My performance: 3.5/5
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