Mr Tom ist eine Kartoffel, (giandu)Ja? Cookies
It’s only fair that after doing occasional recipes with ingredients more readily available in the States, I do one with stuffs that are easier to find in Europe, or at least, Germany, right? (Don’t hate me.)
The Amazing Mihl™ spoiled me rotten and sent me a package filled with European goodies, and they’re already gone. All of them. Because my husband and I obviously are huge gluttons that cannot be stopped.
Have a salty, buttery, kinda crispy cookie to end the year on a good note. You deserve it.
Mr Tom ist eine Kartoffel, (giandu)Ja? Cookies
One Mr Tom bar, coarsely chopped
One bag (125 g) Zentis Marzipankartoffeln, coarsely chopped (marzipan “potatoes”, can only be found around Christmas)
One container (125 g) Ruf Dunkel Nuss-Nougat (gianduja stuff)
1/4 cup (60 ml) peanut or other oil
1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons plus 2 teaspoons (I know, I know…) (50 g) whole wheat pastry flour
3/4 cup (105 g) whole spelt flour
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon fine sea saltCombine Mr Tom, marzipan, gianduja, and oil in a stand mixer, mix for 1 minute.
Add flours, baking powder, and salt. Combine until thoroughly mixed.
Divide dough into 6 equal portions of about 1/4 cup (83 g). Flatten almost as much as you want your cookies to be, as they won’t spread much while baking.
Bake 16 minutes, or until they just start to become golden brown around the edges. Leave on baking sheet to cool and firm up, transfer onto a wire rack once the cookies are firm enough to handle it, about 10 minutes. Eat. And repeat.Yield: 6 large cookies
Rosa said,
December 29, 2009 at 11:41 am
Mmmhhh, those cookies are fabulous and must taste heavenly! gianduja and Marzipankartoffel are two of my favorite things!
Best wishes for 2010!
Cheers,
Rosa
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Small Footprints said,
December 29, 2009 at 11:53 am
Yum! I recognize everything except gianduja … can you explain it a bit further?
What fun to get, and make, treats! And thank you for sharing this recipe with us!
Wishing you and your family the very best in 2010!
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Celine Reply:
December 29th, 2009 at 11:56 am
the stuff is basically made of hazelnut and cocoa, so I imagine that subbing some vegan chocolate hazelnut spread would work well. if you have access to Chororeale, that would be it. you can make your own too, there is a recipe for it in Veganomicon.
no need to thank me, it’s my pleasure. have a great new year!
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windycityvegan said,
December 29, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Oh drat, and I have friends that just returned from a trip to Germany. Why, oh why couldn’t you have posted this a couple of weeks ago…? This looks delish.
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Celine Reply:
December 29th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
I’ll be sure to bring the stuff back to you the next time ich bin in Switzerland, Monika. deal?
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windycityvegan Reply:
December 29th, 2009 at 12:15 pm
Sweet!
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Bonnie said,
December 29, 2009 at 12:02 pm
Oh, those cookies sound awesome. I’ve never tried any of those special ingredients (except maybe the marzipan potatoes), but I think it would be worth trying to find them in the Netherlands. I’d love to try one of these cookies!
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Nina said,
December 29, 2009 at 1:31 pm
wow! these sound delicious!!! and Happy New Year!!
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Megan said,
December 29, 2009 at 5:38 pm
NOMMMM! I have a Mr. Tom bar here still somewhere!
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Mihl said,
December 30, 2009 at 1:03 am
Das hat die alles da reingehauen? was P.s comment (She threw all of this into it???) Wow, very impressive cookies. I need to find leftover marzipan kartoffeln. You definitely spoil US! And I love the name of those cookies!
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Celine Reply:
December 30th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
even with the typo? for shame, self, for shame. ♥
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The Voracious Vegan said,
December 30, 2009 at 2:18 am
Gorgeous cookies! I love the way they sound and they look so perfectly pretty.
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Josiane said,
December 30, 2009 at 1:27 pm
Oh my, those cookies must be divinely yummy! You have a knack for taking treats and turning them into something even treatier! :)
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Celine Reply:
December 30th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
treatier! my new favorite word. xo
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kala said,
December 30, 2009 at 4:41 pm
What a fun selection of food!
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Sünne said,
December 31, 2009 at 6:27 am
Oooooh jaa, Mr. Tom!!! I like it a lot (peanut + caramel = yum)! And there’s nothing that beats nougat!
I haven’t tried that Red Kidney spread by Grano Vita yet (though I’m a huge kidney bean fiend), is it delish?
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Celine Reply:
December 31st, 2009 at 7:53 am
it is good! a bit too salty for me, but tasty.
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Janet said,
December 31, 2009 at 10:27 am
Love the “eat and repeat” instruction in the recipe!
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Melisser said,
January 3, 2010 at 10:56 pm
Ooh, I tried & enjoyed those BIO BIS!
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