Tuesdays With Dorie - Chocolate Whopper Malted Drops
food September 8th, 2008
These cookies came out boringly well! I guess that’s a good thing, but it’s almost embarrassing how little I have to say about the cookies. I was happy to see that there is far less butter than the previous week’s recipe. The batter was great, and the cookies came out nicely. I liked the crunch the Whoppers added to the whole affair.
Let me share a little Ugly Dude baking secret with you: after a hot, sweaty, extended day at the gym, sometimes you just gotta bake cookies without a shirt on. So that’s what I did. Some would say that the secret ingredient was pit-sweat. I’d say the secret ingredient was extra chocolate. You decide.
September 8th, 2008 at 10:58 pm
Umm… pit sweat… adds that little salty something? I’m going to hope the secret was chocolate, just so I can sleep at night, k?
September 8th, 2008 at 11:42 pm
Personally, I’m hoping for the chocolate. I can’t go with the alternative. Nice looking cookies!
September 9th, 2008 at 1:19 am
i agree with caitlin…you should tell your taste testers it’s fleur de sel!
September 9th, 2008 at 7:19 am
So unfair!
Men can cook without shirts on, but if we ladies try it….things might get a bit scorched.
September 9th, 2008 at 8:46 am
Your cookies look great. Mine came out boringly well also… I guess that’s a good thing though. Hopefully your tasters aren’t also readers, cause the thought of pit sweat turns the stomach a little.
September 9th, 2008 at 9:04 am
OK, that borders on TMI! Sometimes boring is a good thing, especially when it means the cookies turn out looking like yours!
September 9th, 2008 at 11:11 am
Boring is good. I’m going with the extra chocolate. I am admiring the puffiness of your cookies — mine were flat little buggers.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:30 am
I agree. Sometimes you’ve just gotta stand free at the oven and hope for the best. Your cookies look great.
September 9th, 2008 at 11:42 am
I think you just gave the Food Network a great idea for a new show. COME ON DANNY, TAKE IT OFF!!!!!
September 9th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
They look great!
September 9th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Thank you for sharing your baking secret. Now, every time when I look at food on your blog, I will think “pit sweat!”
September 9th, 2008 at 2:39 pm
Perfect! A little sweat never hurt anyone. Salt is a very good thing indeed.
September 9th, 2008 at 3:24 pm
they look delicious! I skipped out on making these this week. Probably a mistake but oh well. . ..
September 9th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
Dude - nice job! Hard to post sometimes when you really have nothing to say about the recipe and how it all worked out. Hahahah
Have a delicious day!
September 9th, 2008 at 3:45 pm
sometimes you need a little boring in your life. although i can hardly say they qualify with your secret ingredient;) at least they look great.
September 9th, 2008 at 6:31 pm
What? Where? Who told you? PIT SWEAT! Thats a family secret! Past down from generations. Now everyone knows. Geez. Thanks. LMAO.
Clara @ iheartfood4thought
September 9th, 2008 at 7:04 pm
i was never huge on Whoppers but my momma likes ‘em so i can’t totally hate, right? - as a fellow foodie, sure you can appreciate this, but since i finally caught up with the tecnological age and got HD, cable, and DVR all in the same weekend all the wife and I’ve been doing since is watching TV Food Network in high-def.. - ah.. life is good..
September 9th, 2008 at 7:13 pm
I’ve heard of saliva making the dish, so I often feel free to taste liberally as I go. I think you’re the first in history to suggest that pit sweat might add a certain extra something to your dish. I’ll have to take your word for it, since I can’t imagine myself doing the equivalent. Topless….
September 9th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
I can get used to things going boringly well on the baking front. I know from experience, when it goes bad it is usually a colossal disaster and I can only handle that now and again.
September 10th, 2008 at 1:31 am
Aahhhh pit sweat!
Your cookies look beautiful! Great job :O)
September 10th, 2008 at 2:16 am
Can I just say ewwww…. Now I’m kind of regretting ever tasting any of your cooking. LOL.
September 10th, 2008 at 9:51 am
Your cookies are all curvacious and bumpy. Like little nuggets of braille that read “Kristie, your cookies were flat and sticky.” Must you mock?
September 10th, 2008 at 9:58 am
A little funk in the kitchen never hurt!
September 10th, 2008 at 11:50 pm
Your cookies look delish! Enjoy after your work out at the gym!
September 11th, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Nothing like baking in the buff! Just stay away from the burners!
September 11th, 2008 at 10:24 pm
There’s nothing wrong with boringly good cookies…. nothin’ at tall! Nice work!
September 12th, 2008 at 9:06 am
I hope that it was chocolate, that’s for sure! Your cookies really look great.
September 16th, 2008 at 3:33 am
Your cookies are lovely, so nice and puffy! Glad baking went well this time.