Dinner with Jennie and David. Jason's bread was excellent as always; I made a couple more Dorie's cookies: a butterscotch-pecan shortbread (the dough was outstanding and would be good as a dessert as is) and Biarritz cookies, which were thin and crispy, made with whipped egg whites and almond flour. These I made into sandwich cookies with a dulce de leche filling (from David Lebowitz; would have worked better if I hadn't left it cooking while I went to the gym as it formed a crispy skin on top. I stirred it in and it tasted fine but the texture was a little off-putting. Must remember to stay and monitor it next time!).
The cookie verdict from Jason was that the shortbreads grew on him and we both liked the Biarritz. Still not wowed by any of the recipes which, given the book's glowing reviews, makes me wonder if I am being too fussy or just doing a bad job baking?
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