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walkitoutI’ve been working, on and off today, on a long post, and a Note and talking to the kids, about How Do I Know that a Substitution Will Work. Or, more typically, multiple simultaneous substitutions in a recipe. It’s a stumper of a question! The answer is kind of, here’s how I learned to cook. And that’s how I know. I’m trying to get it out of my head and down in writing, and looking at other people’s writing about substitutions and I’m learning all kinds of interesting things along the way.
I made the 3 ingredient cookie (1 cup nuts, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, in a food processor) with cashews. Obviously, processor the cashews first. I used costco cashews, so they have some oil and salt added to them. I used white sugar. Sugar goes in second. Together, you get something very crumbly. Add the egg and it should dough-ball up. It … mostly did. And it was very, very cohesive. I thought about adding some flour or cocoa powder or something else to get the classic dough ball, decided it did not really matter, and just baked the cookies. They turned out great! Most of the nuts I have been using are _only_ nuts — no salt, no added oil, etc. So having the oil and salt definitely changes things a bit. They spread (unlike the peanuts / peanut butter cookies), but not as much as the walnut or pecan. It doesn’t taste overwhelmingly CASHEW, so you could spice these in a variety of ways. Highly recommend.
Lego Eiffel tower is done! I did the last 2 bags this evening. Very exciting!
A. and I went for a walk with M. T. had martial arts and he worked and in between F. came over and everyone but me had a piano lesson.
I made the 3 ingredient cookie (1 cup nuts, 1 cup sugar, 1 egg, in a food processor) with cashews. Obviously, processor the cashews first. I used costco cashews, so they have some oil and salt added to them. I used white sugar. Sugar goes in second. Together, you get something very crumbly. Add the egg and it should dough-ball up. It … mostly did. And it was very, very cohesive. I thought about adding some flour or cocoa powder or something else to get the classic dough ball, decided it did not really matter, and just baked the cookies. They turned out great! Most of the nuts I have been using are _only_ nuts — no salt, no added oil, etc. So having the oil and salt definitely changes things a bit. They spread (unlike the peanuts / peanut butter cookies), but not as much as the walnut or pecan. It doesn’t taste overwhelmingly CASHEW, so you could spice these in a variety of ways. Highly recommend.
Lego Eiffel tower is done! I did the last 2 bags this evening. Very exciting!
A. and I went for a walk with M. T. had martial arts and he worked and in between F. came over and everyone but me had a piano lesson.