Monday, August 18 2008
Tuesdays with Dorie...Finally! A Cookie!!!
Filed Under Cookies by amy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Well, let me just start off by saying- I'm thrilled. Really. Not only do I absolutely adore baking cookies, eating cookies, decorating cookies, giving cookies and everything possible to do with cookies, but I'm finally getting to bake cookies for Tuesdays with Dorie! This is the first real "cookie" recipe chosen (well, unless you count the very first TWD recipe, which was Shortbread...I guess you might count that, but I choose not to)!!! Groundbreaking!! Spectacular!! And what a doozy of a pick - Granola Grabbers, chosen by Michelle of Bad Girl Baking!! Honestly, I wasn't expecting much....I mean, how good can they be? Granola...eh. Nuts...eh. Coconut...eh. Raisins...YUCK. You can see my attitude toward these cookies was less than positive.....at first!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I decided to give these cookies a shot - of course I substituted chocolate chips for the raisins, duh! And they were delicious....hubby loved them!! The granola I used had a touch of cinnamon that went perfectly with the chocolate chips and peanuts! Incidentally, I did NOT send these cookies to work with hubby the next day...nope, these babies stayed safe at home with mama this time! In case you're curious as to what's in these, I'll give you the gist: granola, chocolate chips, wheat germ (my first time using this - surprisingly a pleasant addition!), coconut, salted peanuts and almonds - really tasty combo, really. I was lucky enough to have my very good, long-time friend, Susan stop by for a visit the day I made these and she was kind enough to sample them and give her opinion. Her response was, "Mm, these are good! Good call leaving out the raisins..really good call." Coming from Susan, I was thrilled.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is a fantastic cookie recipe, really! Do me a favor and head on over to Michelle's blog and get the recipe. You won't be sorry - your kids/grandkids/parents/best friends/neighbors/boyfriends/girlfriends/whoever will be oh-so-glad you did!! Thanks Michelle, you bag girl baking, you! ;-)

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Holly on 8.19.2008 at 12:15 AM

Yours look fabulous! I loved them too and was so glad someone chose a cookie!

HoneyB on 8.19.2008 at 3:04 AM

My attitude was the same at first (for different reasons) but these cookies were awesome! I love the first photo!

Lori on 8.19.2008 at 4:32 AM

that's exactly what i thought (meh, ok, i'll try it). so good, right?! that top photo is to die for.

kim on 8.19.2008 at 7:26 AM

yum, your cookies look great! i was excited about the cookies too, i'm glad they didn't *taste* too healthy ;)

rainbowbrown on 8.19.2008 at 7:33 AM

Here here on the cookie excitement. Glad you liked them, I did too.

Amber on 8.19.2008 at 8:04 AM

Your cookies look delectable!

Jules on 8.19.2008 at 8:19 AM

I left in the raisins AND added the chocolate chips. Yum!

Caitlin on 8.19.2008 at 8:26 AM

All I needed to read was the title - finally, a cookie, indeed! Glad you got such enthusiastic praise for them too :)

bmk on 8.19.2008 at 8:26 AM

Yum! Those look so good! I'm definitely making these soon. Yours look so perfect too. I have cookie issues, mine rarely come out so perfectly browned and shaped!

hornedfroggy on 8.19.2008 at 9:11 AM

Dude, your cookies look huge!! :) Thanks for the chocolate sub suggestion - these rocked!!

food librarian on 8.19.2008 at 9:25 AM

oh my goodness! these look fantastic! next time, i'm adding chocolate chips!

Kelly (me&mb) on 8.19.2008 at 9:49 AM

Yummy! I need to make these tonight. No idea where to find wheat germ though...haha

Christine on 8.19.2008 at 10:32 AM

I was thrilled with this cookie choice! Simple, easy and delicious and a big hit in my house. Your cookies look fantastic and adding chocolate chips yum!

CB on 8.19.2008 at 10:48 AM

Wait. So did you like these cookies? I can't tell. LOL. Glad you were a granola grabber convert. Great job!

Clara @ iheartfood4thought

Hannah on 8.19.2008 at 2:09 PM

Lovely pics! I loved them too!

Hannah on 8.19.2008 at 2:10 PM

Yummy! Nice pics!

LyB on 8.19.2008 at 5:44 PM

I wasn't sure about these at first either, but I loved them. Yours look great!

Jaime on 8.19.2008 at 7:58 PM

they look great! i didn't realize wheat germ had a taste to it?

Margaret on 8.21.2008 at 8:25 AM

These look yummy. And next time I make these I think I will cinnamon, too. Thanks for the idea.

Pamela on 8.21.2008 at 11:41 AM

I'm cookie crazed, too! I LOVE cookies. I really enjoyed these, they were so yummy. Your pictures are fabulous.

Sharon on 8.21.2008 at 12:17 PM

They look good, pictures are great!

Jacque on 8.22.2008 at 7:53 AM

I was happy for a cookie finally too. Yours look fantastic and I agree with the chocolate chips too. They really make this cookie.

Susan on 9.15.2008 at 1:30 PM

I got a shoutout! Sweet!

PS - I'm using yours and Chris's "On Demand Dip" tonight for the Cowboys game.

Remember, you can always mail any leftover cookies to me! ;)

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