The July Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Nicole at Sweet Tooth. She chose Chocolate Covered Marshmallow Cookies and Milan Cookies from pastry chef Gale Gand of the Food Network.
Actually, the challenge was flexible enough that we could choose to do only one of the cookies if we wanted, and so I did only the Milan cookies. I would have liked to do the marshmallow ones just for the interest in how to make them (I don’t actually like marshmallows; too sweet), but I actually had no idea where to find agar agar in Seoul, and with my friend Amanda visiting me, and with me travelling half the month (I’m typing this from Herräng, Sweden right now), it just didn’t seem practical. I went for the easier thing and made only the Milan cookies.
Unfortunately, this will be a little on the short side, cause I have no pictures to show you (I have some, but they are on my computer in Seoul and not yet uploaded) and because I have 18 minutes of internet left. I will upload pictures in mid-August when I get back to Seoul. If I forget, remind me!
The cookies came out tasting really good. The cookies themselves were a little on the sweet side, but the chocolate ganache sandwiched between them took some of the sweetness away, and I put lemon zest in both the cookies and the ganache, so that also helped cut the sweetness a bit. In any case, it was a success and I loved them and so did my friends.
As I travel Sweden (and Dennmark, and wherever) this month there probably won’t be any posts for a while. In the meantime check out some of the Daring Bakers’ blogs here.
For swing dancing friends: I just got a couple of the new Cangelosi Cards’ CD, and it is really good. I also got to be one of the first 10 people besides the band to listen to Gordon Webster’s new swing CD. He has a blues one, but just recorded a swing one last week. There’s actually no CD yet, but he’s got the MP3s on his iphone. The CD is SOOOO good. Plus, the songs are all of the happy bouncy kind that I love most. I’m not sure when the CD will be released, but I’ll let you know once I do.
Happy summer!
