I think that the people who came closest were Kate ("It could also be some kind of dough") and Ash ("Perhaps something sweet?"). Close, ladies, but no cigar.
The bowl of mystery food is actually a mid-process shot of...
SUGAR/GINGER SNAP MASH-UP COOKIES
Right? Right? Look at this stack. Now look back at the bowl. See it?
For those of you who don't, follow me.
I originally named these "mash-ups" in the musical sense. As in taking two fab songs and mixing them together.
(Fun, isn't it? There are some pretty great mash ups out there. This one is only okay... but YouTube is tough.)
But... now that I am sitting down to blog the recipe, I can see that these cookies only really have one step.
And that step involves mashing up these two things.
I had a leftover half-log of sugar cookie dough that was begging for a bit of a spruce up. And since I first made Oreo Chocolate Chip cookies way back when, I've been dying to try a Ginger Snap infused something-else cookie.
*Light bulb.*
Literally just smash some ginger snaps in a plastic bag and dump them down over the sugar cookie dough. I probably used 1/2 cup of crumbs, I'd guess.
I broke up the cookie dough with a spoon and gave the dough a toss in the crumbs.
Voila! Mystery food. After taking several pictures of the mystery food, I mixed the dough and crumbs by hand. I then reformed the dough into two smaller logs and put it in the freezer for a few minutes for easy slicing.
Counter-clockwise from logs: Sugar/Ginger Snap Mash-Up Logs, 2-Layer Paula Dean Chocolate Sybil Turtle Cake (yes, friends), pizza crust, chicken breasts that will likely never be thawed and eaten, lemon sorbet, Tart with Honey frozen yogurt, Jack D.
After a quick slice and bake according to package directions, these cookies were done and fantastic.
He floats through the air with the greatest of ease...
(No? Just me? Okay...)
These cookies are tasty and really quite rewarding for the amount of work (not) involved. The ginger flavor is still strong even though it's dispersed throughout the sugar cookie dough. I like ginger snaps, so I'm not surprised that this sweeter version is okay by me too.
So what's the word? Are you disappointed with the reveal? Would you have rather seen me really jump out of the box and tackle squid? Or pork rinds?
6 comments:
Um yeah so not salt and pepper squid then :P
I'm just glad to know what it is. I seriously looked several times a day to see if I could figure it out.
It's still even hard to see...but I believe you. The end result looks delicious!
This actually sounds like a tasty combination! :o)
okay so i wouldn't have guessed that!
Great mix-up on a simple cookie! Considering I like ginger snaps, I'd probably like these too!
I never would have guessed that. I thought it was some sort of breaded chicken tender type thing, though it looked a little mushy so maybe some old soggy ones. OK that sounds totally unappetizing. Aren't you glad I'm too slow to have guessed before you had the answer up?
Now that it's cookie dough it looks so much better!
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