Oh Dorie, I do love it when you surprise me! The lovely Michelle of Flourchild chose Dorie's Honey-Wheat Cookies this week and I admit I wasn't expecting much. This is one of those recipes I have flipped past many times without taking too much notice.I made a few slight changes to the recipe, first using raw sugar instead of white for a richer flavour, and also upping the citrus. I used the zest of a whole lemon and a whole orange and let me tell you, the aroma wafting up from that bowl of zest and sugar was divine!
I left the dough in the fridge overnight before baking these up first thing in the morning. Dorie said the recipe makes 36 and usually I'm nowhere near it. So this time I actually weighed the dough (yes, apparently I do have too much time on my hands!). My cookies averaged 20g each and I got 35. Close enough.
The taste test ...
Unexpectedly delicious! These have a really well balanced flavour with the honey, citrus and wheat germ shining through. Perfect with a cup of tea. I ate 4 before stopping myself. I froze most of the batch but I have a feeling these will taste great great frozen as well!
Thank you Michelle for a wonderful pick this week! It was a lovely break from all the chocolate this month and I will definitely be baking these again. You can find the recipe on Michelle's blog.
These were good! Yours look so delicious, I'd love one now.
ReplyDeleteYours look so good! I really liked these. Couldn't stop eating them!
ReplyDeleteI agree, they were good. I didn't think they were fabulous, but I am a chocolate fiend, so that seems natural LOL Yours look great!
ReplyDeleteoh yes, the addition of orange sounds wonderful. Y'know, you always have to eat several cookies hot out of the oven to have a better idea if you really like them.
ReplyDeleteYour so kind..thank you for calling me lovely! Im so glad you baked with me this week. I was a little nervous these cookies would be a flop and there would be a lot of trash talkin..but who would of thought!!
ReplyDeleteOh, how pretty with the tea towel and cup and cookies! They look lovely. I loved these with a cup of tea...the honey and lemon was already built into the cookie!
ReplyDeleteThese were pretty tasty and so easy to make. Love the pic with pink.
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