If your idea of The Perfect 10 involves cookies, all bases are covered with this giveaway. In conjunction with the #AmexMakeMyDay program, supermodel cookie lover Karlie Kloss and genius pastry chef Christina Tosi want to make your day by sending you and someone you love a tin of Perfect 10 Kookies.
Perfect 10 is a dairy-free, gluten-free cookie sweetened with agave. The cookies come in cute tins, each with six individually wrapped cookies. Not only do they make beautiful gifts, but when you buy a tin of cookies, a portion of the proceeds goes toward providing meals to hungry kids via an organization called FEED. Sweet!
Karlie and Christina are giving five readers two tins of cookies each. If you’d like to be one of those readers, leave a comment saying who your perfect 10 is by this Sunday at midnight on February 17. I will pick five winners on Monday (Feb. 18) and email those five readers that day.
If your comment doesn’t get picked, don’t worry. Karlie and Christina have generously shared the recipe (a couple of versions, actually) and the homemade version tastes very much like the real deal. Here’s a picture of mine next to Karlie’s. I made them slightly smaller, baked them a little more (but only because I’ve seen varying times and temps), and used normal size chocolate chips as opposed to the minis. Luckily, no matter how long I baked them and at what temperature, they turned out great.
This is such a terrific giveaway. Remember the days when Christina was creating amazing cookies with coffee grounds and corn flakes in shared kitchen space? Now she has a restaurant, commissary, five bakeries and is part of the AMEX Ambassador program. As for Karlie, it’s pretty cool that she is putting her passion for baking into Karlie’s Kookies. I’m sure runway modeling is a blast, but baking is more fun, am I right?
Okay, so on with the recipe. If you need a very serious tutorial, watch the video of Karlie and Christina making making Perfect 10 cookies. They give the baking time of 6 minutes at 325 in the video. The Lucky Peach recipe says 325 for 12 minutes, and the recipe in the ad below says 300 for 8 minutes. In my experience, it doesn’t seem to matter. They’re hardly baked, anyway.
The cookies can also be made with either cornstarch (as listed below and on Lucky Peach) or with xanthan gum, like in the super secret chef version I was given that’s all in grams and crazy-easy if you have a scale. That version also makes eight giant cookies, which is a more reasonable amount to start with. This one is different than the one in the video (as mentioned) in that the cookies are not punched but rather molded into balls and flattened. The dough is so easy to work with you can either punch it out or just punch down balls. As for the baking time, 8 minutes was too short for me, but about 12 minute at 300 F worked, as did 12 at 325. In other words, the cookies can be rare or well-done and still perfect.
- 200g almond flour
- 100g gluten-free whole oats (I used regular oats)
- 1g baking soda (this was a little less than 1/8 teaspoon)
- 2g baking powder (about 3/8 of a teaspoon)
- 2g kosher salt (about 1/8 teaspoon or so — depends on type)
- 0.5g xanthan gum (about 1/6 of a teaspoon)
- 30g slivered almonds, lightly toasted
- 120g mini dark chocolate chips
- 80g olive oil, I used canola
- 90g agave syrup
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Heat the oven to 300 degrees F.
- In a stand mixer, with the paddle attachment, mix the dry ingredients together. Add the liquid ingredients and paddle until well combined.
- Scoop cookies firmly with an ice cream scoop onto a parchment-lined sheet pan. Flatten each mound of cookie dough fully with the palm of your hand.
- Bake cookies for 8 minutes, or until golden brown. Store in an airtight container or eat right away!
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My mom is my perfect 10
Thanks for introducing me to such a great cookie! I’m a big fan of vegan baked goods and am thrilled when I find a new one. So thanks!
My PERFECT 10 is my sister!
Happy Valentine’s Day! My perfect 10 is my son. He’ll be 10 (how did that happen?!?) at the end of the month. He surprised me last night w/ yellow roses for v-day — I’m very lucky and he’s such a great kid
Love your blog, Anna!
My perfect 10 is my daughter. She is just the most extraordinary little girl I have ever known.
My perfect 10 is good luck in the kitchen with a new recipe that uses alternative ingredients, as they can be expensive to make and not always successful. Recently, that was a chocolate cake with vanilla whipped cream frosting that was gluten free, egg free and refined sugar free. The plate and knife were literally licked clean.
My perfect 10 is my dear husband, Rod. Having him in my life makes everything better! Thanks for entering me in your fun giveaway.
My perfect ten is my father. He still hand-draws a Valentine’s day card for my mom, my sister and me.
My perfect 10 is my husband. We celebrate 20 years of marriage next week!
My perfect 10 is definitely my 36 year old daughter Amy. I lost my husband last July–and of course she lost her father– she has been there lending her support, her empathetic listening skills and her rock solid strength. I thank God for her everyday.
my perfect 10 is george clooney, but he doesn’t know it!
I have to go with two perfect 10′s…my beautiful daughters!
Cheesy, but true–my perfect 10 is my husband! And I really want to try those cookies, so if I don’t win, I’ll be making them. Or maybe both–win and make them.
My perfect 10 is my husband. He’s my best friend and really the most awesome guy in the world!
My perfect tens are my husband and baby boy.
My perfect 10 is Clive Owen. Can I pick someone famous since I’m single?
My perfect 10 — especially when he was in Love Actually — is Colin Firth. That smile, alone, should push him over the 10 mark.
My perfect 10s are my husband and my daughter. Cleaning up from roasting turkey for Valentine’s Day – his favorite meal – but we gave each other chocolate instead of pumpkin pie for dessert.
Mine is my mister
My perfect 10 is Chris Hemsworth. THOR!!!
My perfect 10 is the person who sees someone who’s homeless or cold or hungry and does something to help.
My perfect 10 is my wonderful husband, Richard!
Thanks for the additional information on the recipe. These look fantastic! My perfect 10 is my husband.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
My perfect 10 is dairy free baked goods because I’m allergic to dairy and whey goes into EVERYTHING. Oh wait, I mean my perfect 10 is my wonderful boyfriend Paul. No, really
My perfect 10 is my husband down to every last little imperfection. He’s a package deal!
My perfect 10 is family!
My perfect 10 is my daughter — after reading the recipe I KNOW its for her – and I can’t bake them for her as she lives 3 hours away!
My perfect 10 is my family…my husband and our 2 dogs! Would love to win these for a friend who is GF.
My perfect 10 is my mom!! She’s the best and I don’t know what I’d do without her!
My perfect 10′s are my two dogs – they always brighten my day!
My perfect 10 is my mom hands down. She homeschooled me and my two older brothers, has helped everyone in my family unselfishly, and always supported me in everything I do. She is my best friend and I am forever grateful and thankful for her.
My mom is my perfect 10. She is an amazing woman, and she has been a great role model for me in terms of career, relationships, body image, and being a mom. I hope I grow up to be like her
My perfect 10 is my grandmother!
My perfect 10 is my Beloved Dad who supported me from my first step to his last.
My perfect 10 is browned butter pecan pie!! Actually, I have lots of perfect 10s. Thanks for making me think about them and how fortunate I am!
The Wife!
My perfect 10 is my husband…we’ll be married 12 years next month.
My perfect ten is my mom!
What a great post! My perfect 10 is my husband. It took us a long time to find each other, but now that we have – life couldn’t be better. We have a beautiful home, an amazing 5 year old son, and a great life together. I’m truly blessed.
I love Allies’s answer and am borrowing it. My perfect 10 is the person who sees someone in need and does something to help.
My mom is my perfect 10
I wish she wasn’t 1000 miles away now!
My perfect 10 would be my Mom. She and I have had some relationship struggles this year, but we’ve both learned from them and are in the process of transforming our relationship with eachother. Seeing someone set in their ways change is really amazing.
My perfect 10 is my son
My perfect 10 is my cat, Coyote. She’s already used up her nine lives, so I’m glad she had a 10th tucked away! She’s sleeping beside me right now.
My perfect 10 is Justin Timberlake!
My perfect 10s are my husband and my 2 boys. We are a perfect 10 family!
My perfect 10 is a day that starts with coffee, is filled with books, shopping, eat out and time spent with my husband.
My perfect ten are my 2 kids and my 2 grandsons!
My perfect 10 is my mom. Her love & support has gotten me through some difficult situations.
my son and my husband
My mom is my perfect ten – to me she is the most important person on the world!
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