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12.08.2008

12 Days Of Cookies A Gourmet Cookie Extravaganza...Maida Heatters Chocolate Cookies With Gin Soaked Raisins


On the 8th Day of Christmas Cookies Glamah baked for me Maida Heatter's Chocolate Cookies with Gin-Soaked Raisins.If you have been keeping up with my posts until now you see I name every cookie at the point like I'm singing the 12 days of Christmas. But with this long title and the hour I'm typing this ,I will pass. Now we don't keep Gin in the house. But we did buy some when in the Bahamas to take advantage of the great duty free price and make our new favorite cocktail. I was intrigued by this recipe because it called for Gin soaked raisins. I can see soaking raisins in Rum , or even Whisky, but Gin! I even googled Gin soaked golden raisins and found out they are a legendary home cure for arthritis! Maida , who is one of the leading cookie experts in the world, knew what she was doing. This recipe was published in December 2000 and is described as crunchy on the outside with a rich gooey center. It's is a most unusual recipe asking for you to butter and flour your baking sheets, soak your raisins for at least 8 hours, uses only egg whites, and doesn't have any fat in the dough.I didn't have the pecans Maida called for, so I used walnuts in the same way, toasted and chopped and they worked wonderfully. I also used the only Cocoa I had which was Hershey's Special Dark. I was scared with this dough as it was a sticky, drying mass that you had to work quickly with. Imagine mixing dry ingredients with just a few egg whites ands nuts and raisins. The cookies baked up wonderfully and imparted a heavenly chocolate smell. They are easy to remove from the pan. Once cooled the result was a pleasant surprise. I haven't had a cookie like this before. You don't taste the gin at all, but they warn the effect may kick in. Might I say this cookie went over very well as well on my holiday cookie trays. So keep this cookie away from the kiddies. What we have here is a legal cookie with gin soaked substance.
* Note vanilla is not listed as an ingredient, but the instructions call for it.

Be sure to visit my other baking friends and see what they chose to bake for the holidays from Gourmet.com.
Jerry - http://www.cookingbytheseatofmypants.com/
Judy - http://www.nofearentertaining.blogspot.com/
Sandy - http://www.bakersbench.blogspot.com/
Kelly - http://sassandveracity.typepad.com/
Claire -
http://www.thebarefootkitchen.com/
Andrea -
http://www.andreasrecipes.com/

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18 comments:

Rosa's Yummy Yums said...

That combo sound interesting and really scrumptious! Great cookies!

Cheers,

Rosa

The Caked Crusader said...

Look lovely - I think I'd soak my raisins in rum or brandy; I've never liked gin.

Anonymous said...

I see you are in a chocolate mood with the cookie extravaganza...yum!
Interesting type of cookie this one.

This no cookie baking burn-out? ;)

Valerie Harrison (bellini) said...

Gin soaked raisins...when am I coming over Glamah!

Judy@nofearentertaining said...

I am so glad those turned out so well for you. They are on my list!!! I was intrigued by the ingredients as well!

Darius T. Williams said...

I'm just saying...an invite maybe? Wow! These look great!

-DTW
www.everydaycookin.blogspot.com

Peter M said...

At the House of Glamah, one gets to eat cookies and get tipsy...score!

Hendersonville Epicurean said...

LOVE Maida Heatter's recipes!! Looks like you totally did her justice, miss CoCo.

~~louise~~ said...

Great recipe with a touch of Glam!

Deborah said...

Ok, all of the cookies you've been making look so good - I'm almost tempted to go and bake some cookies right now!

Andrea Meyers said...

Oh I was so tempted to do these, but I had chosen something else chocolately and held, but boy they look good! A little fussy, but good!

Thistlemoon said...

WOW! Those look so chocolatey! I bet they are delicious!

Sandy Smith said...

These are some deep, dark chocolatey cookies! Yummm! Nicely done.

Sunshinemom said...

I too wondered about that but when I checked up there was no deadline! So you have all the time you need:). Been checking out the cookies - lots of chocolate, and lovely cookies:)

Unknown said...

wowww those are wonderfully dark! gimme some of that hehe

Anonymous said...

whoa! 12 days of cookies. i think i'd end up calling my extravaganza of cookies "12 pounds on my a$$". i'd eat all of these cookies. gin soaked raisins? very cool.

Anonymous said...

Wow!

Paz

Anonymous said...

I'm glad someone made these. They sounded tasty, and kind of reminded me of those amazing little candies I used to eat at the movies when I was little -- Chunkies??? but I wasn't sure about the gin-soaked raisins. Your cookies turned out beautifully, and I know they'd be a big hit here. Definitely a chocolate lover's treat!