Fudge Puddles

[aklap]

Actually the Doctor is gone on vacation. She's competing in an adult track meet at Duke University.

Peg's on her way to bed...I'm yelling these questions across the house

"You can try grinding it...it'd be an interesting experiment."

Hey - the pestle idea is a good one! We don't have one Nor a mortar either

Waiting patiently for the report. LOL!!!
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Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

[The Edifying Conscience]

Thanks for asking Peg about the quinoa. I think I'll try to grind the quinoa grain in the coffee grinder and see how it works. I'm not going to have time to get to Whole Foods tomorrow and I know my local grocery store doesn't carry it.

[mrsppmrxky]

You should be able to grind the grain without any problems TEC.

? for you.....I found where I can purchase the grain in bulk. DO you think if I purchased this that it would have that strong taste or if it would be fine to use?
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[aklap]

To add tapioca to flour mix...sorry.
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Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

[The Edifying Conscience]

[The Edifying Conscience]

All day long I've felt worse and worse with what I originally thougth was allergies. Now I think I have the start of a cold. The moral of the post is that I've passed the baking duties off on someone else so as to not spread germs. I'll try the pudge fuddles next week--promise.

[aklap]

Wise move. Hope you feel better!!! Take 2 K-toos and post in the morning heheheheee
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Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

[aklap]

Ok all you people who were clambering for this recipe.....

It has been posted since Thursday and I see no comments on the results-Now either they are so bad that you are afraid to even comment on them
Or
You just like giving my husband something to hound me about.

Peg
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Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

[isto]

i haven't gotten a mimi muffin pan yet. But when I do, look out!

[The Edifying Conscience]

Having slept with the windows open, I woke up freezing and stayed that way most of the day despite the layers of clothing I was wearing. It just seemed way to early to turn on the heat so I decided to do the next best thing and use the oven to warm up the kitchen and computer room.

I looked through my email recipe accounts and then started looking at the recipes here. Nothing peaked my interest until I saw the words 'Fudge Puddles.' One broken foot and four months later I finally made Peg's award winning cookies!

When I make a recipe (baked good) for the first time I always do my best to follow the directions exactly as written. I did pretty much that but only made 1/2 of the recipe which turned out to be 24 cookies. It wasn't until the most of the ingredients were mixed together did I realize the darn moths* had gotten to my quinoa flakes so I subbed 2 T of white rice flour.

The dough was really quick to put together and was quite easy to roll once well chilled. I recently read (Cook's Illustrated?) that one should not use natural peanut butter when baking because it gives the final baked good a dry texture. This was all on hand so I used it anyway.

I baked the dough balls for about 15 minutes and will reduce that next time because the bottom was a bit overcooked. The mini-muffin pan I used makes 24 so I had to work fast albeit not fast enough when using the pestle to create the dip in the cookie. The longer the cookies sat the less pretty the edge of the cookies was once it was pressed.

The chocolate mixture was excellent. I used semi-sweet chips because that's what I had. I did have to remelt the mixture a couple of times to keep it fluid when making the puddle. I made only 1/4 of the original chocolate recipe because Peg's post said it makes enough for 2 batches and it made JUST enough with a spoonful leftover for the baker.

The cookies are delicious and taste like an inside out peanut butter cup. What's not to like? They're slightly dry. I'm sure the dryness was a result of the natural peanut butter and being slightly overbaked. Both of which are all my fault!

After having just one I've decided that these should go on my Christmas baking list. Of course, they'll be affectionately referred to as Peg's Puddles. Thanks for sharing your recipe, Peg!

[The Edifying Conscience]

I made Peg's puddles for a small cookie 'dough' exchange today. I rolled dough into balls, froze it and packaged it. Because the cookies need the fudge component added after baking, I sent a can of sweet condensed milk, 1/3 cup chocolate chips and chopped peanuts for the garnish in what my friends called T-Kit. I brought one baked cookie per attendee and they all raved about them! I'm sure Peg's Puddles will make several Celiacs very happy in the coming weeks.

Once again I didn't have quinoa flour so I subbed another high protein flour...almond meal. I also increased the eggs by one and that added just enough extra moisture. In the future I'll always use two eggs.

[aklap]

Thanks for the update TEC!! Glad they liked 'em!!

It'd be interesting to try your version.

Peg would like to know if you subbed out the almond meal cup for cup and what size of eggs do you use? Peg usually uses extra-large.
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Al

“We cannot all do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” Mother Teresa

[The Edifying Conscience]

I can't imagine my changes really altered the cookie that much. I think the extra egg helped in the slight dryness that Peg and I both commented on. If I had quinoa flour I would have used that.

I subbed an equal amount of almond meal for the quinoa flour.

I used large eggs which, according to Wiki, are 24 ounces (56.7 grams) each as compared to extra large which are 27 ounces (63.8 grams) each.