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Today’s cookie is an extra special collaboration between three baking bloggers. Katrina (Baking and Boys), Rita (Clumbsy Cookie) and I shared the same idea of how we wanted a certain cookie to be, so we started with a base formula then made adjustments to the ingredients and technique until we agreed that the cookie had [...]
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The family went to Sea World, leaving me home alone with lots of free time. So here’s a picture of the inside of a Carol’s Cookie. The best I can describe is that it has a crispy/crumbly/sandy shell and dense, smooth, firm, non-chewy but not-hard center. The flavor I bought, chocolate …
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Levain’s cookies may or not be the best, but they’ve inspired several copy cats. Thanks to those who have put in their best efforts at making big, fat, cookies like the ones from NYC. I’m pasting one from the previous comments, as well as a copy cat created by Lisa who comments on Sugood Sweets. [...]
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Allow me to introduce myself. I am the phantom of Cookie Madness and I’m here because my sweet angel of cookies (Anna) promised never to speak of LEVAIN COPY CAT COOKIES again. Before I take her away (by boat) to my lair in a foggy swamp, I will share with you one more secret copy [...]
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This is the last word on those cookies – the one I’ve been talking about on and off for months. The closest I’ve come, and the closest I’ll think I’ll come since I do not have a bread oven (which someone said might be used for the original cookies) is this. This recipe makes two [...]
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Update: Before you make these, read this updated version of the recipe which uses bread flour. Levain Clone This morning I decided to do another little experiment with the Levain copycat recipe. Since it was an experiment, I made a very small batch, which yielded only 3 cookies. If you like the cookies, you can [...]
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…it’s a cookie photo. After all the fuss over Levain cookies, a reader named Katrina promised that when she went to New York, she’d go to the Levain bakery, take a photo of the cookie and give a review. Well, here’s the photo. And by the way, holy cow. Katrina’s review is after the photo. UPDATE: [...]
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This afternoon I tested out a recipe mentioned in the comment section two posts back. A few people have said these are similar to the cookies at Levain bakery, but I can’t say since I haven’t been there. These are definitely fat and have a soft insides, but they don’t look particularly like Levain’s. I [...]
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