Changing a recipe in the middle while following a new one….

 

 

Sometimes I like to experiment with a new recipe, and not always am I happy with the outcome… This time it was a cookie, small pastry generally called “Thumbprint”..

I have always liked the Solo Company products and their recipes…however, this time I was quite disappointed…It was a can of Cherry Filling…as it said on the the paper wrapped around the can…that contained the filling…. When one unwraps the can   there is a recipe on the back of the paper that   one can make and use the filling with …

I followed the directions and found that the dough was stickly and had no flavor whatsoever..It was not sweet enough for cockies and so soft that they would have spread all over the baking sheet while in the oven baking.  But, being a baker…I quicky decided NOT to throw away the dough but add a few ingredients to make it work …my way!!

I added two cups of flower and a cup of sugar…mixed it all to a proper pastry dough and rolled it into small balls…then used a thimble…dunked into sugar and created an indentation in the center of the little ball….put them all on a cooky sheet covered with parchment paper and baked them at 375 F…until they began to brown…cooled them and filled the indentation with the Cherry filling.  After they cooled to room temperature…I dusted them with powdered sugar…

After tasting them I found that the Cherry Filling was without flavor and not sweet enough… After a few minutes of of thinking what I could do next…I deceded to make a sugar/lemon glaze and added it on top of the Cherry Filling.   It worked!!!!! I was able to take them to our chuch coffee hour on Sunday and they were gone in no time at all..

 

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Maria Reisz Springer

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maria@majaskitchen.com

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