This week's TWD was chosen by Michelle of Flourchild: honey-wheat cookies. The recipe is really interesting, mainly because it calls for quite a bit of wheat germ, which is not a terribly common ingredient (at least in cookie recipes I've made in the past). Fortunately, I had purchased a small bag of wheat germ a few months ago for a different recipe and stuck it in my freezer, so I had some on hand and was glad to have another chance to use it before it expired. The cookies also incorporate a lot of honey (as their name implies) as well as lemon zest, one of my favorite ingredients lately.
These cookies doesn't spread much in the oven and I loved that about them. It was easy to make them all about the same size and for some reason I appreciated the uniform look, probably because I don't usually achieve it with other cookies I bake. As for their flavor, I was pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed them! They're soft and chewy with a subtly sweet lemon flavor. Dorie says they're a nice tea cookie, and while I don't drink tea, I can definitely see what she means. I only baked half of the dough for these photos and I gave most of those away so I'm glad to have the other half to bake off later this week!
Thanks to Michelle for her selection this week! You can find the recipe on her site or on page 81 of Baking: From My Home to Yours.
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26 comments:
Beautiful cookies - very healthy-looking! :) Glad you had a bag of germ on hand, I thought these were surprisingly terrific. You're right - there WAS a lot of honey - I thought the dough was rather addictive!
I'm loving lemon, too. I added extra zest, for an extra lemony cookie. Pretty tasty!
Your cookies are so perfect looking! I'm glad you liked these - I surprisingly liked them too. :)
What a beautiful photo! Yours look perfect :) I thought these were pretty good, not a fave, but good
These look great and love that they are healthy! I also like that they don't spread much. They are a must try!
Nice when you actually have all the ingredients - even unusual ones.
Your cookie pics are outstanding. So clear and bright. And the cookies look great.
What an interesting recipe. I'm always trying to find creative ways to add wheat germ to our diets, so this recipe seems like the perfect cookie to try.
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ButterYum
I haven't tried these, but I love honey in baked goods. They are going on my list.
These were a fun, different cookie. I must have liked them because I ate plenty!
Im glad you enjoyed the cookies, they look great! Thank you for baking along with me this week.
I had not checked my blog post and just realized there was no spacing at all..I had to go back and edit it!
I love the picture of your stacked up cookies. They look ready to eat though.
I frantically looked for my wheat germ but I think I lost it somewhere so I ended up using oat bran! Your cookies look delicious!
I need to know where you found a small bag of wheat germ! :-) Your cookies look fabulous. We really enjoyed these. The texture is just perfect, and they bake up really nicely (love the fact that they don't spread). Beautiful pictures as always!
Your cookies look terrific!
Beautiful photos, as always! Your cookies look divine. I really liked these.
I love your blue plate! I do drink tea, but I haven't actually eaten any of the cookies with it yet. Of course, I also changed the flavors in mine, but I think they'd still be a good match.
What perfect cookies! I loved the uniform size/shape/appearance, too. After last week's CCC extravaganza, it was nice to have some uniformity.
I absolutely loved these cookies - although I missed the part of the recipe which said to flatten them. No matter, they were absolutely delicious!
Your cookies look fantastic! It's nice that you have some to look forward to. I don't drink much tea either, but I almost had a cup this afternoon with my cookies.
they sure are uniform n pretty!
I printed the recipe and I cant wait to try these. Your cookies look great.
I loved how "shapely" these cookies were, too. Love that stack of cookies first photo there!
This would be a good excuse to start drinking tea. Tea always sounds good on a cold winter day or one of those really wet spring or fall days where the rain just feels it goes right through to your bones. Whichever, these cookies look great just on their own. I accidentally put too much lemon in .... oops...oh they were good!
Such pretty cookies! I really liked them too. Who knew wheat germ cookies would be so good?
Your cookies look beautiful. Honey and lemon was a nice change form all the recent TWD chocolate.
Mimi
I usually have wheat germ on hand (I throw it into quick breads and muffins a lot), so I'll have to give these cookies a try.
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