Tuesday, February 3, 2009

World Peace Cookies (Tuesdays with Dorie)

World Peace Cookies
World Peace Cookies
What a perfect name for such a delicious cookie!

World Peace Cookies
For this week's Tuesdays with Dorie selection, Jessica of cookbookhabit chose World Peace Cookies on pages 138-139 of Dorie's book, Baking: From My Home to Yours. Check out Jessica's blog for the recipe or get the awesome book!

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This recipe takes just a few minutes to make...butter, cocoa powder (I used Dutch processed), baking soda, flour, vanilla, brown sugar, salt and bittersweet chocolate. Dorie suggests fleur de sel (salt) but I used Trader Joe's sea salt (with the built-in grinder). Some people had crumbly dough, but I got lucky and it came together okay. I chilled it overnight and sliced it with a sharp knife in the morning. I made half the recipe and got 20 cookies.

World Peace Cookies
If you have a few minutes of mixing time, and an overnight of chilling time, make some of these yummy egg-less shortbread cookies.

Please check out the other Tuesdays with Dorie bakers and see their masterpieces!

56 comments:

  1. Susan @ My Wholefood Family EssentialsFebruary 3, 2009 at 2:39 AM

    Great photos! We loved these too. I've passed on 2 awards to you, check my blog for details :)

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  2. AudreyFebruary 3, 2009 at 5:19 AM

    How did you get such amazingly pretty and uncrumbly cookies? I'm glad looks didn't matter with these...because they were so so good.

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  3. StephFebruary 3, 2009 at 5:56 AM

    I don't think I've seen a more perfectly round cookie yet! You are such a perfectionist!

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  4. PeggyFebruary 3, 2009 at 6:21 AM

    I can't get over how perfectly round yours are! I must have made my rolls skinnier because I did get the 36 cookies. Yours look fabulous.

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  5. PamelaFebruary 3, 2009 at 6:25 AM

    I love the 2nd picture, Mary. The cookies look like they've been rumbling! They look fabulous, and thankfully I didn't have any crumbly cookie issues, either!

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  6. LindaFebruary 3, 2009 at 6:32 AM

    Absolutely delicious looking cookies Mary! You'll have to share your secret for making your perfectly round cookies. :)

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  7. MariaFebruary 3, 2009 at 6:34 AM

    Your cookies look perfect!! I will eat both of those stacks! These are my favorite!!

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  8. UnknownFebruary 3, 2009 at 6:37 AM

    Your cookies look amazing! They're so perfectly round! I love the photos.

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  9. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2009 at 6:49 AM

    I have the time and the ingredients, but no oven!

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  10. JenniferFebruary 3, 2009 at 6:53 AM

    BEAUTIFUL!

    I made the whole recipe and only got 13 cookies...what the heck did I do wrong? Oh well, they were fantastic!

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  11. JodieFebruary 3, 2009 at 7:05 AM

    Yours look great. These are so wonderful, aren't they?

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  12. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2009 at 7:13 AM

    WOW! Those are absolutely perfect!!! And gorgeous photos, to boot! Nice job!

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  13. DanielleFebruary 3, 2009 at 7:13 AM

    Your cookies look great! I thought the taste was ok I guess I was expecting more from a cookie named World Peace Cookie!

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  14. RachelFebruary 3, 2009 at 7:33 AM

    Amazing photos--I love all of the stacked cookies!

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  15. Susan @ SGCCFebruary 3, 2009 at 7:43 AM

    I love these cookies! They're one of my faves. Yours turned out just great! And, I love your photos. So creative! Well done!

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  16. DiFebruary 3, 2009 at 7:43 AM

    The second picture is my favorite, too! Your cookies look wonderful.

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  17. MaryFebruary 3, 2009 at 7:54 AM

    Your pictures are better than in most food magazines. My sad,not so round cookies are very jealous! Have a great day!

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  18. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2009 at 7:55 AM

    These photographs are better than in most food magazines. My sad, not-so-round cookies are jealous of your cookies! Have a great day!

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  19. CathyFebruary 3, 2009 at 7:58 AM

    Your pictures are just awesome. I am so glad that you loved these too!

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  20. vibiFebruary 3, 2009 at 8:13 AM

    Yup! I'm with you on the name and the deliciousness! LOL
    Absolutely gorgeous pictures, Mary! ...I'm amazed each and everyone of your cookies turned out perfect! Bravo!

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  21. Carmen CooksFebruary 3, 2009 at 8:20 AM

    YUM! Your cookies are so perfect and round! I love these cookies as well. :)

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  22. StephanieFebruary 3, 2009 at 9:14 AM

    Umm - your cookies turned out perfect - a perfect circle, round, not crumbly. I have to say that I'm in awe. Wow - great job and you're right, they whip up quickly!!

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  23. chocolatechicFebruary 3, 2009 at 9:56 AM

    Love your photos.

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  24. Passionate BakerFebruary 3, 2009 at 10:53 AM

    woww, your cookies look great.
    great job!
    <3

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  25. Nancy/n.o.eFebruary 3, 2009 at 11:06 AM

    Yours are so round and perfect looking. And you got quite the impressive yield from a half batch. Glad you liked them - they're favorites around here.
    Nancy

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  26. spike.February 3, 2009 at 11:28 AM

    love the pictures with the cookies all stacked up!

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  27. Isabelle LambertFebruary 3, 2009 at 11:28 AM

    tes photos sont absolument splendides, ce qui n'était pas évident, car je n'ai pas trouvé que ces biscuits étaient " photogéniques "
    Bravo :)

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  28. JessicaFebruary 3, 2009 at 12:27 PM

    Your pictures are amazing -- I am so jealous! How on earth did you get the cookies to stack like that? They look fantastic!

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  29. Monica HFebruary 3, 2009 at 1:26 PM

    Your cookies look great! I just googled these cookies yesterday and now they're here---must be fate :-)

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  30. ChouFebruary 3, 2009 at 2:09 PM

    I like how you're building peace one cookie at a time. Nice structure.

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  31. Jules SomeoneFebruary 3, 2009 at 2:36 PM

    Fabulous photos! Glad you all enjoyed the cookies!

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  32. steph- whisk/spoonFebruary 3, 2009 at 4:15 PM

    great looking stack of cookies!!

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  33. Engineer BakerFebruary 3, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    Yours look all the same - how do you do that?! Beautiful job!

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  34. betty geekFebruary 3, 2009 at 5:14 PM

    HAHA! I did get crumbly dough, but that didn't stop me! Yum!

    Yours look like super model cookies.

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  35. StephFebruary 3, 2009 at 5:42 PM

    Mary, I forgot to ask, what kind of cookie sheets do you use?

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  36. TammyFebruary 3, 2009 at 6:02 PM

    I loved these too - your cookies look just perfect!

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  37. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2009 at 8:15 PM

    Those look flipping perfect. Very cool.

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  38. AnonymousFebruary 3, 2009 at 10:14 PM

    The cookies look fantastic and the pictures are lovely.

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  39. JudyFebruary 3, 2009 at 10:36 PM

    Love your photos. My cookie dough wasn't crumbly either. I've been baking a few at a time so they will last longer, but I think having some dough in the freezer at all times is the way to go.

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  40. farahFebruary 4, 2009 at 2:39 AM

    Well done, your cookies look fantastic!

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  41. MeganFebruary 4, 2009 at 9:00 AM

    Ah, as always, your finished product looks amazing.

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  42. BanjoFebruary 4, 2009 at 9:01 AM

    Beautiful photos! I made mine several weeks ago, and am sitting here wishing I had some left.. he he ;)

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  43. kimberly salemFebruary 4, 2009 at 1:22 PM

    wow, those are some seriously perfect round cookies! :) beautiful job!

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  44. Carol Peterman/TableFareFebruary 4, 2009 at 2:29 PM

    Isn't it great when something so good is actually quick and easy to make? Your cookies look so delicious.

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  45. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2009 at 2:48 PM

    So much goodness in those cookies!!

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  46. AnonymousFebruary 4, 2009 at 5:24 PM

    Your pictures are gorgeous and your WP cookies are perfect! WOW. Great job!

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  47. UnknownFebruary 4, 2009 at 5:36 PM

    You have some secret for making perfect rounds, I think! I may have a bottle of that TJ's salt in my pantry...will try it for next time.

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  48. AmyRuthFebruary 4, 2009 at 6:41 PM

    I love your photos. I'm not the photographer, Corbin, my 15 year old is.....but how do you get the white out background? Looks so elegant. Great job!

    BTW your workplace is really a lucky group of folks. Yumm yumm
    AmyRuth

    PS Dorie says Dutch processed happens to help with the crumbly stuff - I learned that just today. :-)

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  49. AnonymousFebruary 5, 2009 at 2:37 PM

    Your cookies look wonderful! I love your pictures.

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  50. AprilFebruary 5, 2009 at 5:56 PM

    Your cookies look so nice and round! Lovely as usual!

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  51. AnonymousFebruary 6, 2009 at 3:58 AM

    Wow, they are fabulously, perfectly round!!! I agree you are a PRO!

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  52. ShariFebruary 8, 2009 at 9:01 AM

    I love how you've carefully stacked them in that second picture!

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  53. CBFebruary 8, 2009 at 11:26 AM

    I love that first cookie stack picture! I didn't have crumbly cookie issues either. I think it was the overnight chill that helped. Glad you enjoyed the recipe!
    Clara @ iheartfood4thought

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  54. TeaLadyFebruary 8, 2009 at 12:00 PM

    Love the wall of chocolate cookies. And they were dgood weren't they.

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  55. TourGuideJennFebruary 8, 2009 at 11:08 PM

    Hey - someone else who used the TJ's with grinder Sea Salt! Your cookies look terrific and so perfectly shaped!

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  56. eatme_deliciousMarch 4, 2009 at 9:27 AM

    Holy crap your cookies turned out absolutely perfect! I attempted making these but halved the recipe (and not the butter!) so I have to try again. Hope mine turn out as gorgeous as yours.

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