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Foodie Friday: Love & Olive Oil
by Guest Writer, Valerie Whitmore I can admit it: I have some food weaknesses. There are some foods that I just have no will power around. French fries is one. I don't even pretend that I'll "just eat one". Never in the history of French fries have I been able to eat just one. Even bad fries are good enough for me.
Chocolate chip cookie dough is another one I can't resist.
I know you aren't supposed to eat raw cookie dough. I really do. I get why - eating raw eggs is not safe. But I can't help it. Ever since I was a kid I've been addicted to it. When I bake cookies I have to resign myself to ending up with a much smaller batch of baked cookies than intended because I can't leave it alone. I'm drawn to it. It calls my name. I must consume it.
So, the recipe I chose for this week's Foodie Friday was probably a huge mistake for my waistline. Edible chocolate chip cookie dough. That's right. Cookie dough that is not only safe, but that you are supposed to eat "raw"
Lindsay, from the blog Love & Olive Oil, has created the perfect edible, raw cookie dough. In fact, she's even written a whole cookbook centered around it. The blog isn't exclusively about cookie dough though. There are also some savory dishes like Asian Nicoise Salad with Seared Black Sesame Tuna and Fresh Tomato Soup with Mascarpone
But let's get back to the cookie dough. NOW!
The recipe is for chocolate chip cookie dough truffles.
The dough is made pretty much like you'd make any cookie dough, just minus the eggs (but use the proportions in her recipe, don't just omit eggs from your usual cookie recipe). You chill the dough and then form it into balls. I used my 1" ice cream scoop to portion it out and then just rolled them smooth
You then freeze the dough balls before dipping in the chocolate coating.
For the chocolate coating I had to resort to buying these little containers of microwavable candy melts. My store was out of all their coating/candy making chocolates (and I was out of time to shop). I have to say though, the little containers worked great. You just pop them in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between, and the chocolate is wonderfully smooth. The downside is that they are sort of fake chocolate, and they contain soy, but no one (including me) cared. They tasted amazing. I highly recommend investing in some candy making tools if you plan on doing anything like this more than once. You can get little plastic dipping tools anywhere you buy candy making supplies. They work better than regular forks and make the process a lot less frustrating
I figured the safest thing to do with these decadent little bites of cookie goodness would be to pawn them off on my friends. I brought them to a little holiday potluck that a friend was having
One friend, after taking a bite, actually exclaimed "who needs a man when you have these?"
Yep. They were a hit.
I'm glad I doubled the recipe because they went fast. And, I had some leftover cookie dough to nosh on to my heart's content
Now go make these, you can thank me later.
Get the recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles
Visit Love & Olive Oil: https://www.loveandoliveoil.com/
Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loveandoliveoil
Follow on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/loveandoliveoil
Chocolate chip cookie dough is another one I can't resist.
I know you aren't supposed to eat raw cookie dough. I really do. I get why - eating raw eggs is not safe. But I can't help it. Ever since I was a kid I've been addicted to it. When I bake cookies I have to resign myself to ending up with a much smaller batch of baked cookies than intended because I can't leave it alone. I'm drawn to it. It calls my name. I must consume it.
So, the recipe I chose for this week's Foodie Friday was probably a huge mistake for my waistline. Edible chocolate chip cookie dough. That's right. Cookie dough that is not only safe, but that you are supposed to eat "raw"
Lindsay, from the blog Love & Olive Oil, has created the perfect edible, raw cookie dough. In fact, she's even written a whole cookbook centered around it. The blog isn't exclusively about cookie dough though. There are also some savory dishes like Asian Nicoise Salad with Seared Black Sesame Tuna and Fresh Tomato Soup with Mascarpone
But let's get back to the cookie dough. NOW!
The recipe is for chocolate chip cookie dough truffles.
The dough is made pretty much like you'd make any cookie dough, just minus the eggs (but use the proportions in her recipe, don't just omit eggs from your usual cookie recipe). You chill the dough and then form it into balls. I used my 1" ice cream scoop to portion it out and then just rolled them smooth
You then freeze the dough balls before dipping in the chocolate coating.
For the chocolate coating I had to resort to buying these little containers of microwavable candy melts. My store was out of all their coating/candy making chocolates (and I was out of time to shop). I have to say though, the little containers worked great. You just pop them in the microwave for 30 seconds at a time, stirring in between, and the chocolate is wonderfully smooth. The downside is that they are sort of fake chocolate, and they contain soy, but no one (including me) cared. They tasted amazing. I highly recommend investing in some candy making tools if you plan on doing anything like this more than once. You can get little plastic dipping tools anywhere you buy candy making supplies. They work better than regular forks and make the process a lot less frustrating
I figured the safest thing to do with these decadent little bites of cookie goodness would be to pawn them off on my friends. I brought them to a little holiday potluck that a friend was having
One friend, after taking a bite, actually exclaimed "who needs a man when you have these?"
Yep. They were a hit.
I'm glad I doubled the recipe because they went fast. And, I had some leftover cookie dough to nosh on to my heart's content
Now go make these, you can thank me later.
Get the recipe: Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Truffles
Visit Love & Olive Oil: https://www.loveandoliveoil.com/
Like on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/loveandoliveoil
Follow on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/loveandoliveoil