15.1.09

honey shortbread cookies

shortbread crust

i admit, i only wanted to make this because (a) it has five ingredients, easy-parcheesi! and (b) i've never made shortbread before. can you believe i've never made shortbread - even though trefoils are my third favorite (behind thin mints and samoas, of course!)??

well i'm glad that oversight was rectified because these are some the yummiest cookies i've ever made! everyone knows that the combo of sweet and salty is near goodliness, and for any skeptics, the case was confirmed with that famous new york times article last year that caused legions of bloggers to take note and bake away with a little sprinkling of sea salt!

i used a scant 1/2 tsp of fleur de sel instead of kosher. all i had in the pantry was wildflower honey, which i normally find too floral but once it caramelized it was fine. and of course, the sprinkling of salt made it perfect!

a sweet and salty slice

sprinkling or pour? as you can see, i was a wee bit generous with the salt. but i am someone who will pick popcorn and chips over chocolate and ice cream any day, so - uh - i guess that means no problem for me! but even my sweets obsessed mr. mimi thought it was just fine. so i guess it just looks too salty in photos even though technically it didn't taste over-salted. also, it was a teeny tiny bit crumbly when i cut the slices. but only really at the narrow apex and it totally had no impact whatsoever on the "oh. my. goodness, these are so insanely yummy!" that we mumbled between each bite.

the recipe suggestion was to serve once cooled completely, although i preferred the cookie just on the edge of slightly warm. mr. mimi preferred them room temp to better appreciate the sandiness of cookie. in the end, i would have preferred if i didn't eat almost all of them!

for the
fine cooking recipe, click here.

honey shortbread cookies

i am also sending this on over for the weekend cookbook challenge of five ingredients or less!

honey shortbread cookies

11 comments:

  1. Mimi, that looks yummy. do you have left over?

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  2. can you belieive i've never had a trefoil?? i do love shortbread though, and these sound good (esp with fleur de sel).

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  3. fantastic pictures, i love the visual of the salt on top. thanks for sending this to me for weekend cookbook challenge!

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  4. I like the sound of honey shortbread cookies!

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  5. Anonymous30/1/09 17:00

    I haven't had a shortbread in such a long time. Yours looks good and makes it crave it:)

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  6. Shortbread is one of my greatest loves, and these look like mighty delicious shortbread!

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