Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Week 18: Graham Blossoms

I always wonder what Christmas is like in the Southern hemisphere. Does Starbucks still sell peppermint hot chocolate? Does the term 'White Christmas' conjure thoughts of a day spent on a white sandy Australian beach instead of waking up to a white blanket of snow? But more importantly, do they still bake cookies?! Or is it too hot out to turn on the oven comfortably?


Though I love gingersnaps and gingerbread as much as anyone, it always seems rather inappropriate to be baking Christmas cookies until at least November. It's a shame because I missed out on making peanut blossoms this year and it's still seven months until November. And frankly, I don't have the patience to wait seven months to enjoy Hershey Kiss topped cookies.


This is why I decided to summer-ize the holiday classic by making graham blossoms. Graham crackers are used to make s'mores, which are eaten when camping, which happens in  the summer. It's seasonally appropriate, I promise.



Graham Blossoms
Inspired by: Graham Cracker Cookies
Yield: 4 dozen

  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup +2 tablespoons flour
  • 1 cup graham cracker crumbs
  • 48 Hershey Kisses
  1. Preset oven to 350F
  2. Cream butter and both sugars
  3. Mix in egg and vanilla
  4. In a large bowl, mix sifted flour, salt, baking soda and graham cracker crumbs
  5. Combine wet and dry ingredients and scoop 1 tablespoon portions of dough
  6. Bake for 7-9 minutes (Mine were perfect at 8)
  7. Immediately out of the oven, press a Hershey Kiss into the cookie
Oh, was I supposed to wait until the chocolate set back up? whoops

Per cookie:
75 calories | 3.6g fat | 5.9g sugar

5 comments:

Desi said...

Yummy in my tummy! I saw these linked up over at Recipes I Can't Wait to Try, and I had to stop by because this looks like a recipe I can't wait to try! You've got soooo many tasty recipes here. I am your newest follower :)

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Erin said...

I bet these are fantastic! Brilliant idea!

Allison @ Alli 'n Son said...

This is one of my all time favorite recipes, especially around Christmas.

Thanks for linking up with Sweet Tooth Friday! I hope to see you again this week.

Anonymous said...

PERFECT! I'm so glad I found this! :)

I actually googled "Graham blossoms", because I have a box of Droste Pastilles that I would like to bake into graham crackers instead of eating them plain. I would like to retain the shape of the pastilles, and this is so easy and perfect! Thanks so much!

http://www.facebook.com/aruna.advaney

CollegeBakerGirl said...

@Anonymous.
I'm so glad you found what you were looking for. Enjoy the 'blossoms' :) and thanks for stopping by!

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