While I have to stay home I want to do something productive and stay at a clean place, and cleaning house is perfect thing to do. It also helps me to feel uplifted in this depressing time.
The other day I was cleaning the pantry and found almond powder which should have been used soon so I made Amaretti with it.
Amaretti is macaron-like cookie made with almond powder, egg white and amaretto.
It turned out that the crust was too hard and inside was too chewy.
JC kept them in an air-tight container with a tiny cup of rum. A week later, it became crumbly with a slight resistance on the crust, just like real Amaretti!
I looked for other cookie recipes that have something about shelter in place, and found this: Chocolate chip cookies from the DoubleTree hotel by Hilton.
This cookie is offered to the guests at the hotel. It seems to have passionate followers and many people tried to recreate this cookie at home.
Now people can't travel and even the hard-core fans can't have this cookie, therefore the hotel revealed the recipe of the cookie so that people can enjoy at home. How sweet!
I made a slight adjustment to the recipe and this is my version:
1 stick butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 egg
vanilla extract
lemon juice
1 cup all purpose flour
1/4 cup rolled oats
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Pinch cinnamon
3/4 cup chocolate chip
1 cup chopped walnut
Bake at 350°F for 15 to 20 minutes.
I made them smaller and crispier than original.
It was really good! I even want to stay at the hotel just to try the original!
