{"id":574,"date":"2021-01-29T21:30:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-30T02:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegigl.com\/blog\/?p=574"},"modified":"2021-01-29T21:36:02","modified_gmt":"2021-01-30T02:36:02","slug":"chaotic-cooky-kitchen-4-teen-time-chocolate-nut-bars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stevegigl.com\/blog\/2021\/01\/29\/chaotic-cooky-kitchen-4-teen-time-chocolate-nut-bars\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaotic Cooky Kitchen #4 – Teen-Time Chocolate Nut Bars"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Welcome back to the Chaotic Cooky Kitchen, where I’m still trying to get back on track here. But this time, I brought in a ringer recipe, because I can’t pass these up when I have the opportunity to make them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But I didn’t have to do anything crazy like jump ahead at all, just move on a couple of pages to:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Molded Cookies<\/h3>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

OK, this is a recipe in the\u00a0Cooky Book<\/a>*<\/sup> that I know and love via my mom. It’s not something that she makes constantly, but they are always good:<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Want to scare the bejeebers out of every parent? Ask for “Teen time.”<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

It’s a confusing name to me, because nothing in it strikes me as particularly 60s-teenager-like, but maybe it just refers to moms whipping up a pan of cookies for the kids on a Friday night after school sports?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If so, that resonates a bit, because my friend M_____’s mom would do that for us most Friday nights during football season. She was great (RIP).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On that note, the…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Yep, I’m imitating Psych<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

First…. to the stove! And get everything all melty.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Stop when you see the bubbles…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Let that sit for 5 minutes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, scramble the eggs in a bowl or cup. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then the recipe tells you to put that scramble into the slightly-cooled mix above, but that made me a bit nervous. So I decided to temper them slightly (and slowly):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Once you have warmed your eggs up enough (I did 4 or 5 spoonfuls), then you can add it to the warm caramel-y mixture:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hoping not to make egg drop caramel.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Meanwhile, you sifted all the dry stuff together, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Just call me Mr. Sift-o.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

You did? Good! Mix it all together!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Any faster and I probably would have dropped the camera.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Once that’s mixed together, DON’T DO WHAT I DID. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That’s right, I know it’s hard to imagine, but I screwed up. The recipe says to just mix the chips and nuts in, but what I think you want to do is wait for the batter to cool a bunch more. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why? Because I melted 90% of my chocolate chips, which made these more like brownies than what I think <\/strong>were supposed to be… something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Wait! Slow down!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Well I didn’t do that, and even though it all cooled down reasonably well, things started to melt together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Noooooooo!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

But yeah, what’s done was done, so… you greased up your pan, right?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’m greasin’ up my whozits<\/a>!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bake at the usual temp for the usual time, and sure enough, you get… well, basically brownies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To be more specific, something like a cakey brownie, which is never a bad thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Moody lighting, which is appropriate for the name of the cookie.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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The Verdict: A+<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Oof. These are kryptonite for someone trying to do a low-carb diet.2<\/sup> They’re always excellent, but if you have a chance to buy high-quality unsweetened chocolate3<\/sup>, do it, and absolutely use it in this recipe. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

*Links to the Cooky book are Amazon affiliate links that theoretically could earn a teensy amount of money for the site.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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