Some baking success

[wiseheart]

So I got my act together and finally tried out one of the recepies I intend to bake with the 6th-term-kids. It's peanut-chocolate cookies. Or, at least, I think the things are called peanuts in English. They're those lengthy pods with two nuts in each that aren't walnuts or hazelnuts or almonds or any of the more exotic kind. Over here, they're called earth-nuts or American nuts.

So, whatever the correct name of the nuts is, the cookies turned out terrific. It doesn't happen every day that by the time the second thin is baked, Mum and I would have gobbled up the first tin of cookies entirely. Yum!

I also baked apple muffins today, but that's nothing new. However, since all peanut (?) cookies were gone by coffee time, we needed something for tomorrow. You can't have coffee without cookies on Sunday, right?

Comments

[elmey.livejournal.com]

Yes, Erdnüsse are peanuts :) And they go oh so well with chocolate!

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

They go undeed. Thanks for the help with the correct name.

[espresso-addict.livejournal.com]

Peanuts in UK English, but I think groundnuts in US English.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Thanks. Peanuts it is, then. I never heard the word groundnuts - but the Hungarian name is a direct translation of that.

[cirdan-havens.livejournal.com]

Heh. Sometime it's odd thinking about what is exotic one place vs another. Hazelnut is rather expensive here so nutella is a gormet food (though more common now; I assume it was bought up or something). Wherever my friend goes in Europe or Asia, he always looks for peanut butter because he loves the stuff and it cuts down on cost of vacation. Says it's always skippy so I guess if it's that kind of nut you'll know it's a peanut. Sounds right though. I was at a mini nut fare or maybe there were just a lot of nuts, but i was truly surprise how many there were in Europe. We got some butter toffee/praline ones, but even then they were distinct. Baking definitely sounds successful. I hues there will be even more of that as the holidays approach.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

For my financial status, all kinds of nuts are ridiculously expensive over here, too. But there's only one Christmas each year, so... Besides, baking lots of different cookies solves the problem what kind of presents to give to friends and family. They will all get a selected sortiment of cookies on a pretty paper or plastic plate and that's it. They'll be happy, I'll have my baking fun - everyone is content. ;)

[cirdan-havens.livejournal.com]

I think it's a great way to make gifts. The advantage is that you get a little bit of each cookie whereas you'd otherwise never be able to eat a whole batch so couldn't have the same variety. Heh. I planted the thought in my little sis' head and now she might bake when she comes home for Xmas.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

That is the hidden agenda, yes. Plus the fact that I really enjoy baking. It relaxes me like nothing else, not even reading, even though I have to do the actual work.

Perhaps your sister and I can compare recepies. :) I posted a batch of them last year.

[artemis10002000]

Congrats to the perfect peanut cookies! I would ask for the recipe, except I'm allergic to nuts :(

Apple muffins, yum! I've only baked chocolate chip cookies so far. Was going to do Vanillekipferl yesterday, but too lazy.

[wiseheart.livejournal.com]

Apple muffins are easy. I took the recipe from "Das neue Kinderkochbuch", so they can supposedly be made by children, too.

[artemis10002000]

I've been meaning to make muffins for a while, but I just don't get around to it.

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Just an FYI to consider: peanuts are not actually nuts. They are legumes, like beans. Peanut allergies are not uncommon, but it might be worth checking with your healtcare provider to see if you can eat them: besides the great taste, they are a good protein source and "good" fat, as long as you stay away from the brands whose oil doesn't separate out at room temperature. (The latter have the very-not-good-for-you transfats.) If you don't want to have to stir it every time, store it in the fridge after stirring.

[Can you tell I like and eat a lot of peanut butter? [grin]

[artemis10002000]

*laughs* Oh yes, one can tell ;)

Thank you for the information, I'll keep that in mind! I've mostly reacted to hazelnuts, I think, and almonds if I have too many. I don't know if I ever had allergic reactions to peanuts in particular.

[lhun-dweller.livejournal.com]

Peanuts indeed. Also known as "goober peas."

Info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goober_Peas

And a song I learned as a kid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DBfPx6yFPSM