art of cookies - week 4

did you try the chocolate chip cookie recipe from last week? you should if you haven't, i promise they will be some of the best chocolate chip cookies you'll ever have! this week i made piped spritz cookies, 2 different kinds in total - chocolate spritz cookies and hazelnut rosettes. the dough for both were really easy to make up, but the piping part was not fun. spritz cookies are a scandinavian tradition. the dough is soft and smooth (almost like ice cream) so you can't shape them with a cookie press. they are usually piped into rosettes using a piping bag with a star tip, but the dough is just hard enough that the piping of the cookies is not the easiest and not the most pleasant thing to do.

they are a ton of work, but the results are delicious! i made mostly rosettes (because they are just so cute and pretty), and added a dab of raspberry jam in the centre to give them some extra sweetness. i also made some heart shaped chocolate cookies, they are not perfect, but they sure taste good =P

i'd love to make these again, but i really didn't enjoy the piping. i was pretty sure i almost got carpel tunnel from it, my right wrist still hurts when i move =( but for now, k and i (and our friends) are enjoying these 3 (i could only fit 2 in the picture) big boxes of scandinavian goodness.