Comments on: in which world peace eludes me

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:03:58 +0000

Hm I can tell from looking at the recipe that there may be too much flour. Usually crumbliness means there’s too much flour in the recipe. Thats also why very soft butter would help..add more softness to the dough. Also, flour can vary greatly by brand and type.

I will DEFINITELY make these since I am looking for a new chocolate cookie recipe (I’m currently using Ina Garten’s double chocolate ones- they’re decent). Maybe I will try adding a few tablespoons less flour first and see what happens. :)

By: Liz

Liz — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:57:49 +0000

I made these cookies last night for a dinner party, and besides being incredibly delicious, they are also perfect for mini ice cream sandwiches! These are definitely my New Favorite Chocolate Cookies–they’re tasty, the ingredients are easy to find, and they’re not overly fussy.

By: Claire

Claire — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 20:03:47 +0000

These might be the best cookies I’ve ever made – thanks for the recipe! I added dark chocolate chunks…so chocolately but not overly sweet! By the way I’m a big fan of your site here :)

By: Jessica

Jessica — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 00:57:05 +0000

I made this particular cookie just to try it. I think that this recipie could be spiced up a bit by adding one of my favrioute things to add to a chochlate chip cookie, pecans. This gives it a richer flavor.

By: John A Gasbarre

John A Gasbarre — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:57:33 +0000

These cookies are next on my list to make. I’m curious how they compare to an amazingly good cookie in Clotilde Dusolier’s Chocolate & Zucchini cookbook in which she uses bittersweet chocolate, dutch cocoa and cacao nibs. The cacao nibs are what make her cookies over the top:

http://chocolateandzucchini.com/archives/2006/02/chocolate_and_cacao_nib_cookies.php

So I’ll be curious to see how these cookies compare with Dusolier’s.

By: amy

amy — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 01:38:31 +0000

I have a question- these are one of my favorite cookies, and I have made them for the past two years for christmas. Right now I’m brainstorming cookie recipes to send to my friend in Iraq, and I was wondering if you thought these would still be good without the chocolate chips. (And if I would have to adjust the cooking time)

Chocolate melts too much to send. In my memory these didn’t have chips, but now that I see the recipe, of course they do. I have a chocolate crinkle recipe on deck, but part of me would rather do a recipe I’m familiar with.

By: Lynne

Lynne — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:12:33 +0000

these are seriously the best cookies I have ever made! the raw dough tastes as though it should be the dough in a “cookie dough ice cream” flavour… thank you for sharing the recipe. And thank you for introducing me to Dorie – I’ll be making more of her recipes from now on.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:05:07 +0000

Update – baked the other log yesterday and I think I figured out what I did wrong – I think I baked the first batch at 350 and the recipe calls for 325 – this time they were perfect!! LOVE LOVE LOVE These are my new favorite cookie which I can never make again because I will eat every last one of them.

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:16:25 +0000

Thanks Deb! It’s the second time I try to propagate world peace by making these cookies. The first time I was really confused by the crumbiness of the dough, so I added more butter. They tasted amazing; they were gone within the hour. However, they were shapeless and not too appetizing to the eye. The second time I followed the recipe word for word, and they turned out perfect! Follow the recipe and don’t fear the crumbling dough.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 11 May 2009 16:05:33 +0000

Thanks Deb – I only baked one log so the next one I’ll bake for less time and see what happens. I had workmates test them this morning and they agreed with me that they are awesome. My one friend stopped and said – wait this is a “fancy” cookie – this is no “regular” cookie. Needless to say I’m starting to think the husband is crazy.

I LOVE your site by the way – thanks for sharing with all of us.