Meet the New Kids

Class, I'd like to introduce you to our new students. Please make them feel welcome.

The Emo: a new addition to our Vegan Friendly collection. This yet-to-be-named cocoa cookie is packed with oats, sliced almonds, cinnamon, and dark chocolate chips. No animals were harmed in the making of this cookie.

The Prep: Our Pumpkin Spice cookie. In fashion for the fall season. A little spice, oh so nice!

The Nerd: our perfected Peanut Butter Jammies. Peanut butter shortbread and grape preserves. Live long and prosper.

The Valedictorian: Sea Salt Chocolate Chunkers. All I have to say is, "You're welcome."

The Jock: Colts Special Edition Cookies - "The Blue and Whites". I'm not a huge football fan, but I am a fan of these. Oh, they have blueberries, white chocolate, and macadamia nuts. MACADAMIA NUTS! How can a nut taste so good?!

Perfecting the Chocolate Chip and a return to the Hazelnut Cookie.

Hey there, Sarah here. I have been testing chocolate chip cookies. When I mess with the brown sugar to white sugar ratio, it changes the appearance and texture. I'm having trouble balancing the two. I can make a truly wonderful, chewy cookie with more brown sugar, but it is a bit darker than I would prefer. And I can make a lighter colored cookie by using more white sugar, but they become too crispy the day after baking. Must resolve!

Here's what the batter looked like when using mostly white sugar. Light and fluffy.

Here are the cookies after they've been baked. (They need more chocolate! More! More chocolate!) The texture was perfect the day I made them, but the next day ... tisk tisk tisk.

This is second try for the hazelnut cookie. I really liked the first batch, and others did too, but I wanted to try to make it better.

I pressed them and added a pecan - I know that a hazelnut would have been more appropriate, but I didn't have any on hand. The pecan held it's own anyways.

They look pretty good, but the texture was too tough. Bad me! Bad me for changing a good thing! This recipe is going to be forgotten.

Greater cookies coming soon!
PS - Our first official day in the commercial kitchen is tomorrow. Wish us luck!