These cookies are stated to be a "NY Specialty" and I being a New Yorker at heart had to make these right. They are also my dad's favorite cookies. So I took my time (No kids around), used Challenge butter, butter flavor Crisco shortening , O (organic) eggs, Kirkland vanilla (Promise to buy better when it runs out but it's a huge bottle from Costco before I made "freshest ingredients for loved ones" decision) and Cooks heavy whipping cream. Everything was going well until I hit the phrase "DO NOT OVERMIX". I figured it was a stern warning from Martha that could lead to fatal results. So, ever so gently as if handling a newborn, mixed the dough and began to spoon unto the baking sheet. It made 9 cookies on the first batch. I baked for 14 minutes (2 more than stated) but they still seemed undercooked without the golden edges. I began to panic at the thought of disappointment in my father's eyes as he tasted a dry overcooked cookie and took them out. They were small and cakey looking. They could have used 2 more minutes. They were baked in the middle rack (Still afraid of the thirds of the oven). As I begin to scoop the second batch, I painfully realize that at the bottom of the bowl was unmixed batter. NOT GOOD. I mix it in with the rest of the batter but know it is too late. I UNDERMIXED. The second batch spread and made huge cookies that seemed ready in 15 minutes (Not golden but at this point who cares).
The icing took about 2 more Tbsp of water to make liquid enough to spread.
End product were very sweet cakey cookies, happy kids, loosing the love and admiration (possibly my inheritance) of my father and inability to return to my homeland (NY).
195 to go!
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