I hosted a cookie exchange at my apartment on the weekend with a couple other Prague based bloggers. It was a fun way to spend an early evening, sampling each others cookies, indulging on sugar(too much sugar), swapping ingredient “war stories,”about how difficult it was to find a particular ingredient in the city and of course drinking tea to cut the sugar!
I tried out two cookie recipes from Country Living magazine: A chocolate crinkle cookie (they call them double chocolate snowquake cookies) where I added chocolate chips and chocolate covered sunflower seeds. I also baked a sugar cookie, that was meant to be a jam thumbprint cookie, but for some reason, the cookie dough was a bit dry and would not form a thumbprint for jam without falling apart. After a bit of improvisation, it became a one-bite sugar cookie that dunked well in tea. I loved the chocolate crinkle cookie recipe and would use it again. The cookies from this recipe had a rich and intense flavour. On the non-cookie side, I made babaganoush, cut up veggies and made an apple and plum crisp (just in case people were still hungry after the cookies).
From my guests, we got to sample an oatmeal, white chocolate, cranberry pecan cookie, a pecan butter cookie, a ginger molasses cookie and a chocolate mouthfuls cookie. I think everyone had a nice time, especially since we each got to expand our network and meet a new person living in Prague. Thank you again to all three bloggers: CzechingIn, Agog in Prague, and PeggyHarowitz.
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I love your photography. It definitely sounds like a great way to spend the evening!