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| Finished chocolate chili cookies! |
And here is the first batch...the first successful batch, that is. At Thanksgiving, Mum gave me a Farmer's Almanac with a good-looking receipe for Chocolate Chili cookies in it. I tried it first with "coating chocolate" the first time. I didn't realize what impact this would have on the consistency of the cookie. Ah yes, it made lovely chocolate chili mess all over the cookie sheets simply because every time it was heated, it melted to a thin scrim of liquid. Michael had to help me scrape the baked stuff off the pan. This time, I used semi-sweet morsels and that made all the difference. No habaneros this time either. I put into the mortar and pestle only dried jalapenos. This was mixed with flour, baking powder, eggs, vanilla, espresso powder, the chocolate mix you see below, along with more semi sweet morsels and walnuts. Good stuff.
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| The batter! |
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| Me in the walnut bag... |
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| Semi-sweet chocolate chips with Smart Balance in my newish double-boiler from Westland Auction. |
