11/28/2022
Another new addition just in time for the Holiday Season!
I'm going to be adding three different cookies to the menu really soon. I call them "quarter pounders" because I scale them big at a quarter pound a piece.
If all goes to plan, I'll have all three varieties, Chocolate Chunk, Sugar, and Snickerdoodle (pictured above), at the Holiday Market that's going to be on December 18th.
When I started developing these cookies, almost a year ago, I had an idea of what I wanted and that wasn't a standard cookie. Yeah, I stuck pretty close to home with standard flavors, why mess with something that everyone loves, but I thought I could make them better, or at least my own. My wife laughed at me when I said I was just going to develop my own cookie recipes, I think her exact words were "you are great with bread, but cookies aren't bread." So I did like I normally do, read and research WAY more than is probably necessary, and then start doing trials. One thing I knew I wanted to incorporate if I could was my sourdough starter, it has such a complex flavor, that I knew it would enhance the cookies. My first batch was great, but after many tweaks, I'm even more happy with them.
The Snickerdoodle above has a slight crisp rim, but a chewy center. Buttery and sweet (but not too sweet that you won't want to eat the entire thing, thanks to the sourdough), with warming cinnamon and flecks of vanilla bean throughout.
