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| 10 year old Brandy and 30 year old Scotch in your cookies? Yes my dear reader, these cookies are for real :) |
It was my turn this week to provide cookies for cookie night, I think I've topped my previous efforts...
Ingredients (pastry):
1 cup butter
8 oz cream cheese
1/2 tsp salt
2 cups flour
1 cup bread crumbs
2/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1 large egg
Ingredients (filling):
1 cup sliced dehydrated apples
1 cup sliced dehydrated strawberries
1 cup brandy
1 cup scotch
1/2 sugar
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
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| Re-hydrate the fruit with liquid of choice for 48 hours, then puree to spreadable consistency. |
The first step in this cookie was to re-hydrate the fruit. I chose to use brandy for the apples and scotch for the strawberries. To do this just pour the sliced dehydrated fruit into a bowl, add liquor, a quarter cup of sugar, and 1/4 tsp of cinnamon and nutmeg. Then stir, wrap in plastic, and let sit for 48 hours. The fruit will plump. Once sufficiently soaked, blend the fruit until its a spreadable consistency.
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| Add cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar. |
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| Roll out dough to about 5 to 8 mm thickness. |
The dough is very simple to make, just blend butter, cream cheese, and salt together. Let this mixture chill for an hour before attempting to roll out into a disc.
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| Apply egg wash, then sprinkle cinnamon, nutmeg, and sugar. Spoon on heaps of filling. |
The rolled out dough needs some preparations. First we'll need to apply an egg wash, then dust the dough with cinnamon and nutmeg. We'll also need to put together a sweet filler. In a bowl mix together bread crumbs, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. With the dough prepared, spread out a generous helping of fruit filling, then coat that with the bread crumb mixture.
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| Use a pizza wheel to slice into 8 wedges. |
The next step is to slice the dough into wedges using a pizza cutter.
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| Roll from outside edge to inside tip. |
Each wedge is rolled from the wide end towards the tip. This produces a cookie that is shaped like a croissant.
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| These strawberries were de-hydrated, the 30 year old Scotch appears to have re-invigorated them. |
Repeat the above steps for each type of fruit filling you'd like to try out.
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| Apples vs Strawberries: Everyone Wins! |
Once you've processed all of your cookies, it's time to start baking. Preheat your oven to 325F, then bake the cookies for 30 minutes until golden brown.
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| After 30 minutes at 325F. |
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| Sweet, puffy, crumbly, and oh yes, they burn going down :) |
These cookies went over very well with my friends. I'd suggest adding some powdered sugar to the tops for presentation. I hope you enjoyed this recipe :)
