IMBB? # 10: Cookie Swap

Oh the joy of a cookie! Is there anything as good as sinking your teeth into that slightly crunchy, buttery disc of goodies, or dunking that biscotti in that mug of latte? Exactly the reason why I was bouncing with joy when Jennifer, our Domestic Goddess, announced this months IMBB? theme of a Cookie Swap! And then I went and nearly forgot...

I had this very cute idea of doing a traditional Scandinavian cookie - or by it's proper name, småkage - my sister always used to make us when we were younger, called Finskbrød - it's a crunchy, cocoa-y thing with lots of big granules of sugar sprinkled on top - I LOVE it, but can't remember when the last time was I had it! And then, all of a sudden, Sunday was here, and I found myself without that special sugar for the sprinkling - and well, I'm sorry for being a nit-pick here, but that sugar is just the ESSENCE of that cookie, so I couldn't bring myself to do it without it!

Again, I turned to Baking by Flavor - and found out I've never tried a cookie from it, oh the shame! I fell for a Butterscotch Oatmeal Cookie one, which I - coincidentally - had everything for in the house - or at least, for making half a portion!

Well, now I suppose you're looking for the recipe. And I will post it, if I make it again, and it goes well. This time around, it just wasn't that... good. Probably my own fault, seeing I halved the recipe, which never really works for me - why is that? You can easily double a recipe and it works fine - but halve it and your in deep. Then there's the thing about the butterscotch. I'm not sure what I used was actually butterscotch because... well, I'm not at all sure I know what butterscotch is! I'm sure you'll enlighten me? But from the description in the cookbook it sounded like the fudgy thing I used... Does this look right?


At one point, it did look good:


Anyway, it sorta ran away from me, as you can tell...


Boyfriend did eat 'em (And they didn't even have chocolate in them!). But they will NEVER EVER beat the chocolate chip to-die for cookie we usually make...

But um.. Wanna swap? I'll make some new (and other!) ones!;-) Stepmom and I will be doing the traditionel Danish småkage extravaganza in a couple of weeks - that oughta get me some nice recipes and pictures to blog about...