Archive for the 'Chewy' Category

Baking great bread from the New York Times

Thursday, November 16th, 2006

The New York times has a column called The Secret to Great Bread: Let Time Do the Work

I’ve always been a fan of bread.  A lot of health information out there denounces bread.  I think some studies linked it to breast cancer.  Also the generally high glycemic index means your body is going to be storing it as fat.  Still, I love it and I’m going to eat it.  If this article  has anything to say, I’m also going to try making it too.  Sounds like a fun project.

Pepperidge Farm Chocolate Dipped Chocolate Chunk

Thursday, January 5th, 2006

Chocolate Dipped Pepperidge Farm Soft Baked Chocolate Chunk Dark Chocolate Brownie cookies may be in the running for the longest titled snack. If you could fill this cookie with any more chocolate, it’s own density will give it gravity much like that of a planetary body. Actually, density is not the right word. Unlike it’s breads, these Pepperidge Farm cookies are quite normal in weight and mass. The picture on the bag exactly matches the cookies for once.

Pepperidge Farm Chocolate Chocolate Dipped

The chocolate is sweet, but not as sweet as your average brownie, and perhaps not sweeter than Chips Ahoy. Each cookie is 160 calories, so it’s quite a hit. What really pulls you in is the texture. The soft-baked cookie is a joy to bite into and since half of the cookie has been dipped in chocolate, the shell kind of snaps and breaks up as you bite into one side. Don’t set the box next to a heat vent or in a window. The experience of these cookies is definitely better if kept at or slightly below room temperature. Compare these with Archway Mocha cookies in quality and texture.

If you buy a bag of 8, don’t eat more than one in a day. In fact, half a cookie would be a nice snack for kids. As with any other cookie snack, sharing them makes everyone happy and distributes the waistline.