nikbeehubby

nikki and i came up with these for a cookbook we are working on. YUMMY if we do say so ourselves. Not "diet" friendly in the least but with the holidays and all.... oh, the name is from its literal meaning and not the magazine. (obvious from the ingredient list)
enjoy...

cosmopolitan cookies:

WET...

1 stick butter. (NOT margarine)
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup white sugar
2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/2 cup tahini

combine the previous in a stand mixer, when creamed, add 3 eggs- mixing in each one before adding the next.

DRY...

2 cups AP flour- sifted
3 cups oats
1/2 tsp baking powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 Tbs asian five spice powder

combine dry ingredients then add to mixer and incorporate with the wet.
once these are beaten well together turn off mixer and add:

1 cup chopped dried figs
1/2 cup pine nuts
1/2 cup chopped pistachio nuts

mix just enough to combine well.
bake at 350 F. for fifteen minutes on a greased cookie sheet.
makes four dozen cookies

c. 2007

singingdiva

nikkebeehubby, this recipe sounds yummie!!

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t&gmedina

Hello, Chad

It's Tamara, those cookies sound soooooo yummy.

nikbeehubby

hello tamara and welcome to the site. lots of nice folks around here. am sure you'll run into my better half around here, her id is "nikbee". drop a note to say hi. she pops up all over the site but myself i stay either in the food areas or the guys corner. looking forward to seeing your participation

nikbeehubby

thanks, we think theyre great too.
some of the ingredients may be hard to find for some people and they really are unique unto themselves. you cant substitute them out.

you can however make some really great cookies they just wont taste like these. swap the tahini for peanut butter. (tahini is sesame seed paste, texture kinda like peanut butter, found in some megamart grocery stores or middle eastern markets)

the five spice powder is found increasingly in megamarkets in the asian section or in asian grocery stores. you can almost sub it out with two parts cinnamon one part ground star anise.

pine nuts, aka, pignoli, the key player in pesto sauce next to basil, are a one of a kind thing too but their contribution to the party is mainly textural. walnuts would be almost as good.

dried figs... no sub. we got these at target found with the other dried fruits on the snack isle but are widely available. not dry as in crispy.. dry as in just like rasins. sticky, gooey, and oh so yummy. spray your knife blade with Pam before chopping.

quizzicalxx

nikbeehubby,

These sound incredible! I want to make them to take to a function I have next Tuesday but I have a few questions:

What kind of oats? Rolled? Instant? Some other type?

Do I toast the pine nuts?

Salted or unsalted pistachios?

Do they freeze well?

Thanks.

Deb

nikbeehubby

plain quaker rolled oats are what we use.

did not toast the pignoli, was afraid by doing so they may want to scorch during baking, they can be tempermental.

salted pistachios are what we used. is why so little salt is used in recipe.

dont know about freezing, they never last long enough around here to justify it.

enjoy