{"id":683,"date":"2019-12-12T11:20:07","date_gmt":"2019-12-12T17:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/?p=683"},"modified":"2019-12-12T11:21:51","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T17:21:51","slug":"advent-calendar-12-saucepan-fudge-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/12\/advent-calendar-12-saucepan-fudge-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Advent calendar #12: Saucepan fudge cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Good morning!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-circle-mask\"><figure class=\"alignright size-thumbnail\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" data-attachment-id=\"233\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/16\/of-arts-and-crafts\/lampcut\/\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lampcut.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"600,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"lampcut\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lampcut-225x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lampcut.jpg\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" src=\"https:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lampcut-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-233\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lampcut-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/lampcut-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m sure everybody has their own object of nostalgia when it comes to homemade Christmas treats. We used to make a number of holiday-specific treats, but the one I miss the most is the saucepan fudge crackle cookies. So I went looking for a recipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p> 1 c. all purpose flour<br>1 tsp. baking powder<br>1\/4 tsp. salt<br>1\/4 c. butter<br>3 (1 oz.) squares unsweetened chocolate<br>1 c. + 3 tbsp. sugar<br>2 eggs<br>1 tsp. vanilla<\/p><p>These cookies are moist on the inside, crisp on the outside.<\/p><p>Mix flour, baking powder and salt. In heavy 3 quart saucepan, stir butter and chocolate over low heat until melted and smooth; cool. Stir in sugar, eggs, and vanilla until well blended. Stir in flour mixture until blended. Cover and chill 1 1\/2 to 2 hours until dough is firm enough to shape. Roll in 1 1\/2&#8243; balls; roll balls in the 3 tablespoons sugar, coating each one. Place 2&#8243; apart on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake in 300 degree oven for 20 minutes until crackled on top and slightly firm to touch. Remove to a rack to coat.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>I edited the nuts out of the recipe I found, because I can&#8217;t fathom why you&#8217;d go and ruin a perfectly-textured chocolate fudge cookie. That&#8217;s just nuts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the versions I found claimed that the recipe was improved by switching to margarine because butter &#8220;contaminates&#8221; the flavor of the chocolate. I should bloody well hope so! If you really want to update the recipe I suspect coconut oil in some appropriate proportion would suffice. Vegans probably have their go-to egg substitute, though I don&#8217;t know what it is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyway, however you go about it, the result should be a cookie that crunches on the outside and is marvelously chewy on the inside, and is amazing with a glass of milk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good morning! I&#8217;m sure everybody has their own object of nostalgia when it comes to homemade Christmas treats. We used to make a number of holiday-specific treats, but the one I miss the most is the saucepan fudge crackle cookies. So I went looking for a recipe. 1 c. all purpose flour1 tsp. baking powder1\/4<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-read-more\"><span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/2019\/12\/12\/advent-calendar-12-saucepan-fudge-cookies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More&nbsp;<i class=\"fas fa-long-arrow-alt-right\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<p><!-- entry-read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"Advent calendar #12: Saucepan fudge cookies\nIn which I unearth a nostalgic recipe. #authorblogging #adventcalendar","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[12],"tags":[16,129,141,142,140],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/payFy4-b1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=683"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":685,"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/683\/revisions\/685"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/ldinmanbooks.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}