Well, I tried...

Hey everyone-Happy Foodie Friday! I've been frustratingly playing with the Williams-Sonoma Message Cookie Cutters again. It seems most of us have a love/hate relationship with these cookie cutters, today I lean towards the latter... Most love the idea behind personal messages, but aren't fond of the recipe you kinda have to use. It's a little lacking in flavor and kind of tough. So I spent some time reviewing comments on the W-S site and thought I'd make some dough.

The idea was cookies from the kids for Father's Day, one from a daughter and one from a son.

I'll let you decide which is which:@)

Some folks said there is a simple adjustment to the W-S recipe that makes them taste so much better, more butter (who'da guessed?), use 2 sticks and add an extra yolk. I had reservations about the extra egg yolk because I figured it would make the dough puff up more during baking blurring the letters... I was right. The cookies above say "I Love You Daddy" and "Dear Dad Send Money" in case you can't read them.

Fun discovery: Many folks would like to be able to use the words but with different cutters or shapes. Well, if you simply unscrew the top knob the plate that holds the words will come out of the cookie cutter. I stored the spring in the mesh bag with the letters in case I want to put that cutter back together down the road. Now you can use your favorite zombie cutter and say Happy Halloween or bunny at Easter, whatever!

  

As for the difficulty in getting the letters into the press, the only solution is to take an emery file and very gently file the bumps on the back of the letters down a bit. Maybe take a little off the top and bottom if visually not smooth. A little work, but it only needs to be done once.

So the bottom line is-at this time, while these additions tasted great,
they didn't work with the words so I have no great tips to share for a tastier, flakier cookie.

How is your day going?

Don't forget the Pillsbury Doughboy Cook-Along, June 15th-Details HERE!

Hope to see you there:@)