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[ocelot]

I just made cookies.

It was kind of stupid of me to make cookies, as koyote is on a low-carb diet, and I'm kind of pretending to be, but I got the idea of mexican chocolate cookies, and decided I had to make them.

They're a standard chocolate chip recipe, with mexican chocolate (the type you use to make Mexican hot chocolate) crushed up into approximately chip-sized chunks.

I used a whole piece (patty? hexagonal prism?) of chocolate. The process of crushing left me with a lot of powdered chocolate, so I just threw that in with it. If I were doing it again, I'd probably use 1 1/2 or two hexagonal prisms, as the flavor is really mild.

We cut the sugar in half (used only the white sugar, not the brown sugar, and threw in a tablespoon of honey, too), and it was still probably too much. The chocolate has a lot of sugar compared to your normal semi-sweet chocolate.

Possibly a little less salt, too.

These are good stress relief cookies because you have to crush up the chocolate. I used a pestle. A clean hammer would probably work well, too.

Because I didn't use enough chocolate, they aren't really what I was hoping for. Still good, just not the exact flavor I wanted. Oh well, I'm not making more any time soon. It's not as much fun when you're supposedly dieting.

Speaking of cookies, this has to be the most screwed up cookie recipe I've ever heard of. I dare you to try it.

Comments

[silkensteel.livejournal.com]

You knew I'd go look. :)

Those aren't too different from the idea of mincemeat; I noticed the citrus component. I've got a recipe around here for Sausage Cake (same idea, uses mild sausage rather than butter or shortening in the batter) also "Goodness, Gracious, Great Bars of Spam!" - adapted from a mincemeat bar cookie recipe.

Before we go condemning such things as weird, we should consider Jell-O and what it's actually made from. :)

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

I just looked up the spam recipe. It disturbs me.

[silkensteel.livejournal.com]

What disturbs me is that they grabbed it from one of my posts in the Fidonet Cooking echo. OVER EIGHT YEARS AGO. :)

[therealocelot.livejournal.com]

Heh, I didn't even notice that you were credited at the bottom the first time I read it!

[funjon.livejournal.com]

Putting $target in a new, well sealed Ziploc (or alternative) bag, and pulverizing with a hammer, work well. Just don't start whacking it with all your might, you don't want to tear the bag.

[femakita.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a disgusting recipe.

Only in Iowa...