Milan Cookies
The Milan cookie is an amazingly addictive treat and has become a trademarked product of Pepperidge Farm. A single chocolate Milan cookie is a popular snack in the US. You can find it in many shops and restaurants. You can also order it online. You can find the best Milan cookies in your area. If you're looking for a gourmet Italian treat, try it. And be sure to buy a box of these yummy treats.
Ingredients
- 12 tablespoons Butter softened
- 2 1/2 cups Powdered Sugar
- 7/8 cup Egg Whites from about 6 eggs
- 2 tablespoons Vanilla Extract
- 2 tablespoons Lemon Extract
- 1 1/2 cups All Purpose Flour
Cookie filling:
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 8 ounces semisweet chocolate chopped
- 1 orange zested
Instructions
- In a mixer with paddle attachment cream the butter and the sugar.
- Add the egg whites gradually and then mix in the vanilla and lemon extracts.
- Add the flour and mix until just well mixed.
- With a small (1/4-inch) plain tip, pipe 1-inch sections of batter onto a parchment-lined sheet pan, spacing them 2 inches apart as they spread.
- Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10 minutes or until light golden brown around the edges. Let cool on the pan.
- While waiting for the cookies to cool, in a small saucepan over medium flame, scald cream.
- Pour hot cream over chocolate in a bowl, whisk to melt chocolate, add zest and blend well.
- Set aside to cool (the mixture will thicken as it cools).
- Spread a thin amount of the filling onto the flat side of a cookie while the filling is still soft and press the flat side of a second cookie on top.
- Repeat with the remainder of the cookies.
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Notes
So, how were the cookies?
Well… they were OK. I mean, there is no way they could have tasted bad with all that butter, sugar and chocolate, but they didn’t blow me away like all the past Daring Bakers challenges. I suppose I went into this challenge expecting the cookies to be like the Pepperidge Farm ones, but these were very moist and chewy and not crispy like I was hoping for.
Oh well, that is why I am a Daring Baker… to bake and to learn!