On Tuesday Dan and his right-hand-man Shawn (co-baker at Lovejoy) met at Dan’s home to sample some recipes for the bakery. They selected this Fall-inspired cookie for its homey flavor and because it tastes so good with hot tea. See recipe below.
When sliced down the middle this cookie was brilliantly orange. The recipe includes a heart-healthy supply of walnuts, currants, cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove.
Each cookie was dipped into brown butter frosting, made with the usual ingredients, except that the butter was caramelized in the pan first.
Pumpkin Spice Cookie Ingredients:
1 stick of butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1 cup Pumpkin puree
2 cups Pastry flour
1 teaspoon Baking soda
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon Cinnamon
1 teaspoon Nutmeg
1 teaspoon Cloves
1/2 cup Walnuts toasted
1 cup Currants
Brown Butter Icing Ingredients:
1 stick Butter
1 cup Powdered sugar
2 teaspoon Vanilla extract
1/4 cup Heavy cream
Cookie dough instructions:
Cream butter and sugar together
Add eggs and vanilla
Add pumpkin puree
Sift pastry flour, baking soda, salt, cinnamon, nutmeg, and cloves and add
Add walnuts and currants
Scoop and roll into (2 oz) 1 1/2 inch diameter balls
bake 15-20 min @350F
Icing instructions:
Cook butter until it turns brown
Add to rest of ingredients and whisk together
Dip cooled cookies into icing while still warm
These are the most amazing seasonal cookies…makes me wish for Fall all year.
Everything about this places looks amazing. I’m so excited!
Oh my yum! Can’t wait for the grand opening Dan so I can taste test one of these puppies.
It all looks like it would be really good with a cup of coffee or a latte’. Will you serve coffee?
Congrats Dan, can’t wait to dive head long in to your creations.
Kudos to the bakers AND the photographer – my mouth is watering just thinking about caramelized brown butter frosting!
I am so excited that you will be sharing some of your recipes. I know from experience how wonderful your cookies, breads and pastries are, thanks for sharing
I have enjoyed your breads and cookies. Looking foward to your new place.
We are a huge fan of Dan’s tasty creations (the pumpkin spice cookies are a must have now that the colder weather is here) and we can’t wait to have a great new place to eat, sip coffee, and take in the wonderful aromas.
OPEN OPEN OPEN!!!!!!!!!
I stopped by 11-19…but you were already closed…I did talk with a very nice employee/owner?? …I was too late…everything sold out….I WILL be back … Pearl neighbor…Jean
……………….Much Sucess
I waited about 30 seconds after leaving the bakery today to eat my cookie before my lunch. It took serious willpower to not turn around and buy another.