The Smitten Kitchen Cookbook
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Recipe Review
Queezle_Sister from Salt Lake City, UT
Not high-altitude friendly (explained below), but this 2-3 layer cookie truly does taste wonderful.
The first layer is a bit like a thick cake batter - which you spread out as a bottom layer. The second layer is the amazing one. In addition to creamed butter, sugar, egg, you add a sweetener (3 suggested, I used Lyle's golden syrup because I happened to have some), milk (I used heavy cream), and vanilla.
This second layer spreads a bit easier. Then you put a thick layer of sugar and cinnamon on top.
Deb says that the second layer will rise and fall again, and that the cinnamon-sugar topping will become creme brulee-like. At my altitude, this layer rose a lot, and when it fell, it was very uneven - like mud that knobby tires have driven through (see the second picture). Adding to the effect, the cinnamon-sugar mix broke up, leaving some very dark brown areas, some white areas, and some medium. So - if you live around 5000 ft, and are expecting company, don't select this recipe.
Comments
Zosia - 24th February 2013
I've been eying this recipe - it sounds delicious
QS, what changes would you need to make to the recipe to make it high-altitude friendly?
Zosia - 2nd June 2013
It's not low altitude (<500ft) friendly either.....mine looks exactly like yours!
Queezle_Sister - 3rd June 2013
Zosia -- sorry to not reply back in February. I actually asked Deb about this very recipe when we spoke. I even showed her my picture, and she said that it just sometimes comes out that way.
Do you have any ideas on how to make it behave??
Zosia - 3rd June 2013
Judging by other photos I've seen of it online, the uneven surface is actually the norm for this recipe. I suspect the degree of bumpiness is related to the way the heat circulates in the oven (every oven is different) and perhaps the pan used. I might use a cake strip next time to slow down the baking near the sides of the pan to see if that makes a difference, but I'm not really too worried about fixing it since being told it had personality!
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