Ah, cookies! Everyone is familar with such stand-by flavors as Chocolate Chip, Snickerdoodle, and Sugar, but what if we took it up a notch and made some seriously gourmet flavored varieties? Each CSB member gets to take home a selection of very different, very interesting, and very tasty cookies today. Read on to find out what treats I baked, and see what is in each type:~Not-Your-Average-Chocolate-Chip Cookies: A basic vanilla-scented dough, studded with chunks of Scarffenberger chocolate, handmade salted crispy caramel shards, and topped with a sprinkle of sea salt. I found this pure, hand-harvested sea salt at a little shop in Portland. It is the only artisan salt produced in Oregon (Oceanside, to be exact), and is made by Jacobsen Salt Co.
~Banana Macadamia Cookies: Tropical flavored, crunchy, and yet chewy, these feature organic bananas, roasted macadamia nuts, a hint of nutmeg, and a drizzle of dark chocolate.
~To-Die-For Chocolate Cookies: The name says it all! These are composed of three different high quality chocolates, hints of exotic spices not usually found in cookies (cayenne! black pepper!), liqueurs, and dried currants.
~Candy Cap Cookies: There isn't any candy in these mushroom flavored disks! Yes, I said MUSHROOMS!! I stumbled across Candy Cap mushrooms at the Portland Farmers' Market, where they are being touted as "nature's alternative to maple sugar, but without the calories!" Candy Caps are a fragile, rare mushroom gathered in the Northwestern Coastal areas only. They feature a heady aroma of butterscotch and maple, and compliment many desserts wonderfully (sorbet, cheesecake, etc.). I am SO excited to be able to experiment with these personally, and to share such an exotic treat with my CSB members!
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