DiShiNg It Up
Have a Great Pesach, Cookie!
Think you can't have chocolate chip cookies during Pesach? Think again.
recently read an article in which
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the author described cookies as
the currency of childhood.
It's true. When you're little, every-
thing is measured
by how many lit-
, tle mounds of joy
you can earn by
making the bed,
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,f1J getting a "A" on
I a math test or
I cleaning your
plate.
Annabel Cohen
AppleTree
But Pesach
Staff
Writer
cookies aren't
usually very tasty.
They're dry and crumbly and have
-that indescribable pesachdik taste.
There's really no reason to be good
I during Pesach. Where's the incen-
five?
Well, these cookies are sure to
change the minds of pesachdik
I cookie haters everywhere. They're
actually yummy. And because
'5they're easy, you don't have to
spend your entire day in the
kitchen. Kids of all ages may never
act-up again.
Pesachdik
Chocolate-Chunk Cookies
3/4 cup sugar
93/4 cup brown sugar
1 cup (2 sticks) margarine, softened
(not melted)
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
1 1/2 cups plus 3 Tbsp. potato
I starch
1/2 cup plus 1 Tbsp. matzah cake
D meal
1/2 tsp. salt
2 or more cups chocolate chunks
1/2 cup chopped nuts (optional)
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I Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Cover
bottom of a cookie sheet with parch-
ment or spray with non-stick cooking
spray. Set aside.
In a large bowl, cream together
sugars and margarine in a large
bowl. Add eggs and vanilla and stir
until smooth. Sift together potato
starch, matzoh cake meal and salt.
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Add to batter and stir until just com-
flat, add more potato starch to the
bined. Add chocolate and nuts and
dough. If the dough is too dry and
stir until combined.
the cookie does not spread well, add
This next step is important:
i a small amount of water. Repeat the
Place a rounded teaspoon of
test. When the cookie is perfect,
dough on the cookie sheet and bake I bake remaining batter.
for 8-10 minutes. If the cookie is too
Makes about 4 dozen cookies ❑
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appetizing (yes /
but let's be honest: B
it can get a little dreary .
LET MY PEOPLE EAT!
People Eat! Passover Seders
Made Simple (Macmillan USA)
Zell Schulman is a terrific cook-
book that's also filled with infornia
tion4pout exactly which foods are
kosher for Pesach, how and when
to start preparing for the holiday,
and ideas for keeping the seder
lively.
Among the delicious recipes
you'll find in this book:
3 Watermelon Ice
t Sweet Potato Timbale with
Cranberry Puree
3 Roasted Sweet Bell Pepper
Soup
3 Banana "bread"
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5.1mPLE
I n medium
saucepan, com-
bine water and
2/3 cup sugar.
Cook over riled--
um-high heat,
stirring constantly with wooden
spoon, until sugar melts and you
have a thick syrup (9-10 minutes).
Or place in microwave, using a 4
cup glass measure for 3-5 minutes
on high. Let sugar syrup cool.
In food processor or blender mix
kiwi, orange zest, remaining 1/2
onds). , Empty so
metal bowl.
in'freezer until
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4/10
1998