New cookie

Welcome to a wonderfully mild and quiet Friday afternoon here in Kansas City.  Today's post is about a new cookie that is being added to the menu.

And for those of you who have been asking (or even those of you who haven't), my plan is to start accepting orders again sometime quite soon.  I've been laying low while Covid-19 has been doing it's thing.  I'm hoping with the latest developments in the vaccination rollouts that it will calm down enough to persuade me to start sending food out to everyone again

Now on to today's new cookie post.

There are cookies, like shortbread, for instance, that are more for the grown-up part of each of us.  And there are some, like those loaded with candy, for instance, that are more for the kid in each of us.  This one is for the kid. 

These are very simple cookies to make.  Butter is creamed for a long time with dark brown sugar and granulated sugar.  Then an egg and lots of vanilla are added.  Oats, flour, cinnamon, baking soda and salt are whisked together and than added to the butter and egg mixture.  The mixer is set to low for the addition of the dry ingredients.  We don't want to work that flour too much once it's combined with the wet ingredients.  Finally comes the "kid" part:  chocolate chips, butterscotch chips and peanut butter M&Ms.  A generous amount of each of these three candies are added to the mixture.  

At this point I will portion the cookie dough before it chills.  Then it sits in the fridge for about 30 minutes to an hour.  I don't like to chill it longer.  But the dough will go straight from the fridge into the oven.  And 10 minutes later they come out still soft so they mustn't be moved from the cookie sheet for about 5 minutes.  Then they finally are placed on the cooling rack.  They are good warm, but I think they are better fully cooled to room temperature.

This new cookie will be added to the full menu of Bruce Bakery and Bistro later this week.  It is ultra sweet, and is quite simply meant for the kid in each of us.

Have a great weekend everyone!