Montag, 2. August 2010

TWD: Gingered Carrot Cookies (and TWD-catch-up: Chewy Chunky Blondies)

It's the last day of my holidays. I spent some days in Riga and some in Frankfurt, visiting a friend, and today I had a final day off back in Vienna, which I love, because it gives you the possibility to come back, wash your cloths, have a final day of relaxation. And to do your baking "duties".

So I am going to make it short and simple, what is even the easier, as the Gingered Carrot Cookies, chosen by Natalia of gatti fili e farina where really easy to make (find the recipe at her page in case you don't have Dorie's book). They came together faster than fast, they baked much faster than the recipe said (about 10 mins for the first rack and the later batches even faster). And they are oh-my-gosh-good!


Natalia is one of the few Europeans partcipating in TWD and I got some helpful and great tips and hints from her about how to adapt the recipes to European conditions - thanks a lot! I am always wondering how other Europeans made it their way to TWD and I am always curipus to see what my "fellows" are choosing.

Carrots and ginger might not sound like a summer recipe, but they are indeed! Now that I tasted them I even think they are a pretty good pick for summer, because they have no chocolate and are a mix between sweet and savory.
Love them!



I will make an even quicker catch up for last week's recipe, the Chewy Chunky Blondies. I was on the road last week but I pre-made them, not at least because I adore Blondies - I even like them more than Brownies. Can you believe that you can't get Blondies round here? I have so far never seen them in Austria, Germany or France where I spent most of the last years. And I ate my first Blondie in February in NYC. Really. Not kidding.

Those were just great and I will have do re-do and re-do and re-do them again and again. My collleagues loved them. I adored them. So, thanks a lot to Nicole of Cookies on Friday for chosing them - I didn't post them in time, but I baked along with you!

12 Kommentare:

  1. Your cookies and blondies both look so good! I loved both recipes :-)

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  2. I agree, these came together fast--one of our favorites. Your blondies turned out great!

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  3. Both recipes look great! My top rack of gingered cookies baked faster as well. :)

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  4. Great goodies! I loved these cookies!

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  5. I agree the cookies cooked in less time than stated. Your blondies look perfect, that's what I want mine to look like! They were both yummy treats.

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  6. Two for the price of one and both look great.

    My carrot cookies are a lot flatter than yours. I like the thicker looking cookie.

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  7. Ciao Alvarosa !Thank you for joining me this week !I'm so glad you enjoied them !!! I hope somtimes you'll visit Rome so we can meet !!!

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  8. Pictures are beautiful - so glad you liked both recipes!! :)

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  9. It must be hard to find all of the ingredients for these recipes. I have some British cookbooks and sometimes I have trouble with those ingredients. I'm glad you liked the blondies!

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  10. Welcome back! It is nice to return for laundry and other domestic duties. Glad you discovered blondies!

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