if home is where the heart is then we're all just ...

[themeletor]

okay, so, whatever, I translate things into food. it's how I roll. also, IT'S MY FUCKING JOB, OKAY? (oh god I love the fact that I can actually say that.)

anyway,


Folie A Deux cookies with pumpkin, ginger, white chocolate, and macadamia nuts

makes: about 2 dozen. or, if you're a goofball like me, EXACTLY 27 COOKIES. (ugh that song is so hot.)

also, because I am silly, these cookies are veeeeeeeegan (except, upon contemplation, for the milk product in the white chocolate. oopsies). but since I totally did it the lazy way, the translation to omnivore-food is super-easy. see! I'll even do it for you!

CREAM:
1/2 cup margarine or butter (I used EB)
1/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup brown sugar

WET:
1/2 tsp. vanilla
1 egg (I used egg replacer)
about 1 inch grated fresh ginger
1 cup pumpkin puree

DRY:
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 1/4 cup flour
1/2 tbsp. ground ginger
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/8 tsp. ground white pepper
1/8 tsp. ground black pepper

MIX-INS:
*about 1/2 to 1 lb. salted macadamia nuts, whacked with the side of a chef's knife to crack them into smallish pieces
*4-6 oz. (about half a package, maybe a little less) white chocolate chips (for something nifty, try semisweet or dark chocolate. that's what I'm doing next time)
*3-4 oz. (again, roughly half an average-sized package) dried cranberries

cream margarine/butter and sugar. add wet ingredients and mix until well integrated. add all dry ingredients except flour; mix. add flour at a leisurely pace while continuing to mix. fold in macadamia nuts, white chocolate chips, and dried cranberries. drop by spoonfuls onto parchment-covered or lightly greased baking sheet, sprinkle lightly with finely grated nutmeg, and bake in 375-degree oven for 10-12 minutes. let cool (at least for a couple minutes, guys, come on), and enjoy.

the great thing about these cookies is they're not just Folie A Deux because that was what I was listening to on my drive to and from work, while coming up with the concept, and while baking them. they're Folie A Deux because, to me, they're like the album (and yes, this is where I start to sound kind of crazy). they're salty and sweet with a bit of a bite, a little spicy; luscious (because of the pumpkin, mmmm pumpkin) and yet layered with textures: crunchy, chewy, velvety-sweet-smooth; they're pretty and golden but a little scruffy, too. also my springboard was a traditional classic recipe (my grandmother's chocolate chip cookies), but then I modded the hell out of it to get something new -- kind of like the synthetic process that built Folie A Deux into what it is. and, ultimately, like the album, I'm not quite certain yet what I think of them -- but I'm pretty sure it balances out on the side of awesome. also color of the batter matches PStump's hair.

...WOO! COOKIES!

Comments

[jaredsexual.livejournal.com]

...omnivore recipe? YOU LOVE ME, RIGHT?

And hey, it's a recipe I can actually use XD

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

um. YES I DO!

ahahahaha! provided you have a hand mixer and salted macadamia nuts, YES INDEED :D (and I bet you won't *even* set the kitchen on fire <3)

[jaredsexual.livejournal.com]

Well, chelsea wants to get a hand mixer. does that sound? lol.

(NO, I WON'T, CAUSE I CAN BAKE, NOT COOK. THERE IS A DIFFERENCE.)

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

that sounds like a good plan!

(I KNOW THERE IS, AND I KNOW YOU CAN. WHICH IS WHY I SAID WHAT I SAID. :D)

[jaredsexual.livejournal.com]

er, *count, not sound. that's what i get for trying to multitask.

(YES. UM. IT IS 2 A.M. AND THAT IS MY EXCUSE FOR THAT. YEAH.)

[tiggothy.livejournal.com]

*bookmarks recipe*
(not that I can get salted macademia nuts. No idea what kind of nuts I can get round here!)

[meletor-et-al.livejournal.com]

psht, really, you can make them without. or with any other kind of nut you like. I used macadamia because I got a pound of them free from work. :)

[fairestcat]

OM NOM NOM NOM.

[prairiedaun.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. Will try!