Monday, May 3, 2010

More Mandelbrot and Brownies plus ANZAC Biscuits

The other mandelbrot in the book is Carole Walter's Ethereal Mandelbrot. It is a more crumbly biscotti probably because butter is involved. Also this recipe includes pecans. I must admit that pecans have never really been a favorite of mine, but in this recipe the nut gives the mandelbrot a great taste. The dough for this is so sticky I just plopped it on the cookie sheet in two rows and it spread as it baked resulting in a very wide log. 
The brownie is White Chocolate Chunk made with cocoa powder and white chocolate chunks. I may have mentioned this before, but did you know that all chocolate recipes contain vanilla? 
The drop cookie for the week is called ANZAC Biscuit. ANZAC is an acronym for Australia and New Zealand Army Corps and biscuit is the British word for cookie (like crisps = potato chips). They were made during WWII and sent to the "boys" at the front. Interesting cooking technique, you cook the butter, sugar and honey together and add it to the oatmeal, coconut, and flour. Great crispy cookie. I must confess that I didn't share many of these.

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