{"id":88,"date":"2008-03-24T10:58:37","date_gmt":"2008-03-24T16:58:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/24\/raspberry-swirl-cookies\/"},"modified":"2008-03-24T10:58:37","modified_gmt":"2008-03-24T16:58:37","slug":"raspberry-swirl-cookies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/2008\/03\/24\/raspberry-swirl-cookies\/","title":{"rendered":"Raspberry Swirl Cookies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have you ever seen those studies on TV where they show tired people driving on a stunt course, and the drivers think they are fine, but then they run over stuff, don’t brake fast enough, and can’t stay on the road?\u00c2\u00a0 (Scary indeed!)\u00c2\u00a0 Apparently baking<\/em> while sleep-deprived can have a similar effect.\u00c2\u00a0 Let the following story be a lesson to all of you…I baked these after one of those rough nights when The Littlest Apple woke up 5 or 6 times, and apparently I was really off my baking game.<\/p>\n

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This is my first month participating in The Cookie Carnival<\/a>, an event hosted by Kate of The Clean Plate Club<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 Each month, all participants make the cookie recipe of the month.\u00c2\u00a0 The recipe for March is Raspberry Swirl Cookies.\u00c2\u00a0 Although I have plenty of experience with cinnamon rolls, this was my first time making a jelly-roll style cookie.\u00c2\u00a0 The cookie dough came together easily and tasted yummy all by itself, but after that, it was a comedy of errors for me.\u00c2\u00a0 I’ve never been a big fan of jams and jellies, but I thought that the raspberry could be good combined with coconut.\u00c2\u00a0 My dough got pretty sticky while rolling the cookies up, so some of the raspberry-coconut mixture fell out.\u00c2\u00a0 I substituted pecans for the chopped walnuts.\u00c2\u00a0 In my second mistake of the day, I realized that I rolled up my cookies without adding the pecans.\u00c2\u00a0 Since I thought the pecans were a crucial part of the cookie, I pressed the pecans down onto the tops of the sliced cookies before baking them.\u00c2\u00a0 In my third error of the day, I burnt one of the pans of cookies, though just barely.\u00c2\u00a0 And just to round out the recipe, I forgot to butter the pan before I put the cookies down, so they were nearly impossible to get off the pan, especially in one piece!\u00c2\u00a0 The cookies were decent.\u00c2\u00a0 I would love to experiment with another filling besides raspberry jam.\u00c2\u00a0 There could be some great variations on this recipe, so I may revisit it…and pay more attention next time.\u00c2\u00a0 Thanks, Kate, for hosting such a cool event!\u00c2\u00a0 To see everyone else’s cookies (which I’m sure turned out much better than mine), head on over to The Clean Plate Club<\/a> for the round-up.<\/p>\n

And just to top it all off….my camera is on its last legs, so my pictures aren’t any good either.\u00c2\u00a0 Figures.<\/p>\n

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Raspberry Swirl Cookies
\nBon App\u00c3\u00a9tit | February 2004<\/p>\n

Makes 2 dozen.<\/p>\n

ingredients
\n2 cups all purpose flour
\n1 teaspoon baking powder
\n1\/4 teaspoon salt
\n1\/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
\n1 cup sugar
\n1 large egg
\n1 teaspoon vanilla extract
\n1\/2 cup raspberry jam
\n1\/2 cup sweetened flaked coconut
\n1\/4 cup chopped toasted walnuts<\/p>\n

Preparation
\nSift flour, baking powder, and salt into medium bowl. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until smooth. Add sugar and beat until blended. Beat in egg and vanilla. Add flour mixture and beat until moist clumps form. Gather dough into ball. Flatten and shape into rectangle. Wrap in plastic and refrigerate until cold, at least 1 hour. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Keep refrigerated. Soften dough slightly before rolling out.)<\/p>\n

Roll out dough on lightly floured surface to 13×10-inch rectangle (about 1\/4 inch thick). Mix jam and coconut in small bowl to blend. Spread over dough, leaving 1\/2-inch plain border. Sprinkle nuts evenly over jam mixture. Starting at one long side, roll up dough jellyroll style into 13×2 1\/2-inch log. Wrap in plastic and chill 30 minutes.<\/p>\n

Preheat oven to 375\u00c2\u00b0F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Unwrap cookie log; cut 1\/2 inch off each end and discard. Cut remaining log crosswise into 1\/2-inch-thick rounds. Arrange rounds, cut side down, on prepared sheets, spacing 1 inch apart; reshape into neat rounds, if desired. Bake cookies until edges and bottom are golden, about 20 minutes. Transfer cookies to racks and cool.<\/p>\n

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Have you ever seen those studies on TV where they show tired people driving on a stunt course, and the drivers think they are fine, but then they run over stuff, don’t brake fast enough, and can’t stay on the road?\u00c2\u00a0 (Scary indeed!)\u00c2\u00a0 Apparently baking while sleep-deprived can have a similar effect.\u00c2\u00a0 Let the following […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,3,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-coconut","category-cookies","category-dessert"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thepickyapple.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}