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- From: tbc0@gte-labs.CSNET (Theresa Campbell)
- Newsgroups: mod.recipes
- Subject: RECIPE: Cognac sugarplums
- Date: 3 Jan 86 03:46:24 GMT
- Organization: GTE Labs
- Approved: reid@glacier.ARPA
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- .RH MOD.RECIPES-SOURCE COGNAC-COOKIES D "17 Dec 85" 1986
- .RZ "COGNAC COOKIES" "A rich chocolate no-bake cookie"
- A terrific, very rich, no-bake cookie.
- Adapted from a recipe in the \fISilver Palate Good Times Cookbook\fR.
- .IH "makes 3\-4 dozen"
- .IG "6 oz" "chocolate chips" "175 g"
- (semi-sweet)
- .IG "2 1/2 cups" "vanilla wafers" "400 g"
- crushed fine (a box less some nibbles)
- .IG "1 cup" "pecans" "250 g"
- (Finely chopped).
- .AB "Start with 8\-10 oz whole pecans." ""
- .IG "1/2 cup" "sugar" "100 g"
- (white granulated)
- .IG "1/4 cup" "corn syrup" "60 ml"
- .IG "1/3 cup" "cognac" "100 ml"
- (Use the best you can afford\(emit makes a difference!)
- .PH
- .SK 1
- Melt chocolate bits. If you
- have never worked with melted chocolate before,
- then use a double boiler with the burner set on low.
- .SK 2
- Crush vanilla wafers very fine (fineness is important).
- .SK 3
- Chop pecans (again fineness is everything)
- .SK 4
- Add sugar, corn syrup and cognac (I use 1 nip of cognac and
- 1/2 nip of rum\(emworks fine and costs less)
- .SK 5
- Stir in pecans and wafer crumbs. Now you learn why you were supposed to
- grind them very finely.
- .SK 6
- By now the mixture should be a smooth paste. Remove from heat
- and form into
- .AB "1-inch" "2-cm"
- balls. Roll balls in extra granulated sugar.
- .NX
- Store these in an air-tight container; if you are a chocoholic,
- have someone hide them from you. They are best if you allow
- them to age and mellow.
- .SH RATING
- .I Difficulty:
- Moderate to hard (melted chocolate is tricky, and rolling the mixture into
- balls takes practice).
- .I Time:
- 30\-60 minutes or more, depending on how deftly you can roll the balls.
- .I Precision:
- approximate measurement OK.
- .WR
- Cheers
- Theresa Campbell ...!harvard!bunny!tbc0
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