Merry Christmas! I don’t know if this comment box has a character limit but we shall soon find out. Here is a cookie recipe for you and your subscribers. It’s my own riff on an America’s test kitchen recipe for brown sugar cookies. Coffee Toffee cookies. Add them to your holiday goodie platters:
Ingredients
14 tablespoon Unsalted butter
2 tablespoon espresso powder
1 tablespoon hot water
1 1/2 cup Brown sugar; packed
2 cup Unbleached flour; plus 2 Tablesoons
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 large Egg
1 large Egg yolk
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 cup toffee chips
Original recipe makes 32 Servings
Preparation
1. Heat 10 tablespoons butter in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat until melted, about 2 minutes. Continue to cook, swirling pan constantly until butter is dark golden brown and has nutty aroma, 1 to 3 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and transfer browned butter to large heatproof bowl. Stir remaining 4 tablespoons butter into hot butter to melt; set aside til it cools. in a small bowl, dissolve the espresso powder with the tablespoon of water. Add espresso to the butter.
2. Meanwhile, adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 large (18 by 12-inch) baking sheets with parchment paper.
3. Add remaining 1 1/2cups brown sugar and salt to bowl with cooled butter; mix until no sugar lumps remain, about 30 seconds. Scrape down sides of bowl with rubber spatula; add egg, yolk, and vanilla and mix until fully incorporated, about 30 seconds. Scrape down bowl. Add flour mixture and mix until just combined, about 1 minute. Give dough final stir with rubber spatula to ensure that no flour pockets remain and ingredients are evenly distributed. Stir in toffee chips.
4. Divide dough into 24 portions, each about 2 tablespoons, rolling between hands into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Working in batches, toss balls in reserved sugar mixture to coat and set on prepared baking sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart, 12 dough balls per sheet. (Smaller baking sheets can be used, but it will take 3 batches.)
5. Bake one sheet at a time until cookies are browned and still puffy and edges have begun to set but centers are still soft (cookies will look raw between cracks and seem underdone; see photo below), 12 to 14 minutes, rotating baking sheet halfway through baking. Do not overbake.
6. Cool cookies on baking sheet 5 minutes; using wide metal spatula, transfer cookies to wire rack and cool to room temperature.
I seriously just came looking to see if I had missed any posts because it’s been a while since I got an email and I was worried, and there wasn’t a new post and I refreshed and now there’s a post! Hi Nicole!
Hello, everyone! So glad to see you all. I hope anyone who’s dealing with a transitional or unusually busy period still has time to stop and smell the pine needles.
Nicole! I have been extremely hectically busy this week and am just now seeing that Something went Down on Twitter and piecing together things while noting your absence. It is a darker place without you, and I miss you and hope you're feeling better physically and mentally. xox
Nicole - this post brought me a lot of joy. merry Christmas! Sorry Twitter was a shit box to you yesterday. You deserve none of that bullshit! I hope you’re healing in every way possible (rip to your norovirus) and thank you for just being you and all the happiness your newsletter and twitter and PRESENCE brings me all year!! Xoxo
Hi Nicole, I love you to pieces. Also it sounds like it would be incredibly fun to hang out with you and talk enthusiastically about grisly, horrific things. If your fascination with serial killers extends to a fascination with the specifics of capital punishment, I really enjoyed this history: https://smile.amazon.com/Lord-High-Executioner-Unshamed-Headsmen/dp/1550137867?sa-no-redirect=1
Merry Christmas! I don’t know if this comment box has a character limit but we shall soon find out. Here is a cookie recipe for you and your subscribers. It’s my own riff on an America’s test kitchen recipe for brown sugar cookies. Coffee Toffee cookies. Add them to your holiday goodie platters:
Ingredients
14 tablespoon Unsalted butter
2 tablespoon espresso powder
1 tablespoon hot water
1 1/2 cup Brown sugar; packed
2 cup Unbleached flour; plus 2 Tablesoons
1/2 teaspoon Baking soda
1/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
1/2 teaspoon Salt
1 large Egg
1 large Egg yolk
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 cup toffee chips
Original recipe makes 32 Servings
Preparation
1. Heat 10 tablespoons butter in 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat until melted, about 2 minutes. Continue to cook, swirling pan constantly until butter is dark golden brown and has nutty aroma, 1 to 3 minutes. Remove skillet from heat and transfer browned butter to large heatproof bowl. Stir remaining 4 tablespoons butter into hot butter to melt; set aside til it cools. in a small bowl, dissolve the espresso powder with the tablespoon of water. Add espresso to the butter.
2. Meanwhile, adjust oven rack to middle position and heat oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 large (18 by 12-inch) baking sheets with parchment paper.
3. Add remaining 1 1/2cups brown sugar and salt to bowl with cooled butter; mix until no sugar lumps remain, about 30 seconds. Scrape down sides of bowl with rubber spatula; add egg, yolk, and vanilla and mix until fully incorporated, about 30 seconds. Scrape down bowl. Add flour mixture and mix until just combined, about 1 minute. Give dough final stir with rubber spatula to ensure that no flour pockets remain and ingredients are evenly distributed. Stir in toffee chips.
4. Divide dough into 24 portions, each about 2 tablespoons, rolling between hands into balls about 1 1/2 inches in diameter. Working in batches, toss balls in reserved sugar mixture to coat and set on prepared baking sheet, spacing them about 2 inches apart, 12 dough balls per sheet. (Smaller baking sheets can be used, but it will take 3 batches.)
5. Bake one sheet at a time until cookies are browned and still puffy and edges have begun to set but centers are still soft (cookies will look raw between cracks and seem underdone; see photo below), 12 to 14 minutes, rotating baking sheet halfway through baking. Do not overbake.
6. Cool cookies on baking sheet 5 minutes; using wide metal spatula, transfer cookies to wire rack and cool to room temperature.
I seriously just came looking to see if I had missed any posts because it’s been a while since I got an email and I was worried, and there wasn’t a new post and I refreshed and now there’s a post! Hi Nicole!
I missed these newsletters. Merry Christmas, Nicole. We love you too.
Hello, everyone! So glad to see you all. I hope anyone who’s dealing with a transitional or unusually busy period still has time to stop and smell the pine needles.
Sending healing thoughts to you, and happy vibes to Danny and Grace this weekend!
Love you Nicole. Hang in there
Hang in there, Nicole, we love you too.
Judging from your most recent snaps, you won't need a botox refresh for a while.
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We love you too and we miss you and we're glad the newsletter is back.
Nicole! I have been extremely hectically busy this week and am just now seeing that Something went Down on Twitter and piecing together things while noting your absence. It is a darker place without you, and I miss you and hope you're feeling better physically and mentally. xox
Nicole - this post brought me a lot of joy. merry Christmas! Sorry Twitter was a shit box to you yesterday. You deserve none of that bullshit! I hope you’re healing in every way possible (rip to your norovirus) and thank you for just being you and all the happiness your newsletter and twitter and PRESENCE brings me all year!! Xoxo
Hi, Nicole!! Seeing this in my inbox brought an immediate smile to your face. All best to you and yours amid the holiday season and the dreaded noro 💖
❤️
I've missed you!! I hope you feel better soon!
Hi Nicole! Thank you for being here. We love you too.
Hi Nicole, I love you to pieces. Also it sounds like it would be incredibly fun to hang out with you and talk enthusiastically about grisly, horrific things. If your fascination with serial killers extends to a fascination with the specifics of capital punishment, I really enjoyed this history: https://smile.amazon.com/Lord-High-Executioner-Unshamed-Headsmen/dp/1550137867?sa-no-redirect=1