We've got so many cookies here that I only made half a recipe of the cookies. The frozen dough was easy to work with. I don't have the pastry tip that Dorie recommends for cutting out the windows, and wasn't able to find a good small cookie cutter. The windows of the three cookies pictured were cut free hand. The green centre was an entire lime Lifesaver, uncrushed. It melted nicely.
I loved the taste of the baked cookies. I will make these again in the future.
The Chocolate-Chestnut Tart was fun to make. Chestnuts are a bit hard to find here but we located some at a store with lots of imported food. The can had enough chestnuts for two recipes so I made a Jamie Oliver nut roast before tackling the tart. All went well with the Sweet Tart Dough crust and candying the chestnuts. While preparing the filling I dumped the heated butter and cream into the bowl with the chestnut syrup instead of the bowl with the chopped chocolate. With the extra liquid/chestnut syrup in the filling the tart took longer to bake, but turned out delicious.
Nice job all around! I sure loved that tart!
ReplyDeleteNice job all around! I sure loved that tart!
ReplyDeleteGreat job on not only completing both recipes- but for getting such wonderful results ! Your chestnut tart is just lovely and I love that you simply put a whole lifesaver in the middle of that one cookie- that is GREAT to know. I had loved the butter cookie recipe but really didn't plan to revisit the broken candy part of it. Now you have given me options lol :) Happy New Year !
ReplyDeleteYour cookies and tart look lovely. I was especially fond of the tart.
ReplyDeleteBoth of your desserts look lovely! I made the stained glass cookies but am really looking forward to making the Chestnut tart. It sounds wonderfully delicious to me! Glad you got them both done! Happy New Year!
ReplyDeleteI love that you changed up the recipe preparation slightly and still had both recipes turn out! I'll have to remember that I don't have to crush all the lifesavers next time, and incorporating the chestnut syrup is actually a great idea! Well done!
ReplyDeleteGood to know you don't have to crush the lifesavers because that was kind of a pain. Interesting that the tart turned out ok with the syrup, almost makes me want to try it like that.
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