Stress cooking n: what Sysiphe does when she arrives in an unknown city alone, after six hours of driving and insufficient sleep, only to discover that the landlord has "fixed" away all the things she loved about her new apartment... Like the antique stained glass windows.On the plus side, there were dozen of cookies to give to the new neighbors. Now they will all be my new best friends, yes?
Which brings us to my first posted recipe; not my usual style, but...
counter cookies
aka, cookies made out of thin air/simple ingredients borrowed from new neighbors
3 c flour
½ c sugar
½ tsp baking powder; can sub 1/3 tsp baking soda (if nothing else, you could try some yeast—if you do, let the dough sit unrefrigerated for an hour. If you can’t find any leavening agent, use additional fat—but your result will be tougher)
1 c some kind of fat; preferably butter or shortening—room temperature. If you’re impatient you can melt the fat, but room temp is best. (Can use oil if you can find absolutely nothing else.)
1 egg
1 tb vanilla or almond extract or rosewater or just about any liquid flavorant
Make sure your counter is clean. Dump flour, sugar, and rising agent together on the counter. Swish it all together and then shape into a volcano. If using room temperature fat, plop in the middle, mix together, then reshape into volcano. Add egg and flavorant (and liquid/melted fat if using) to middle of volcano and mix with your hands, slowly crumbling the walls of the volcano into the middle. Once you have a pile of homogenized dough-esque material, stick it in the fridge for a bit (if you have a fridge available). Once chilled, the dough will be less sticky and easier to deal with.
Shape the dough into discs with your hands, then bake on a sheet for 10-12 minutes at about 350 degrees.
pine nuts, preferably also with almonds or cardamom or cinnamon
any kind of citrus zest
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