How much should a cookie recipe cost to make?
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How much should a cookie recipe cost to make?
OMG. I decided to make a rolled butter cookie that needed raw pistachios.
Impossible to find anything other then shell on. Spent almost $20 on the blasted things. Then spent 3 hours shelling them.
Never again.
Impossible to find anything other then shell on. Spent almost $20 on the blasted things. Then spent 3 hours shelling them.
Never again.
Last edited by milepig; Dec 17, 2016 at 7:41 pm
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a) I've never been in any grocery that didn't have a large selection of bagged nuts.
b) If the store didn't have bagged and shelled raw pecans, I would switch the nuts to something the store did have.
c) If the store had no bagged raw nuts that were acceptable, I'd change recipes.
Even with a power sheller and paper-thin pecans, it's a tedious and labor-intensive process (which is why they're so expensive).
How'd the cookies taste?
b) If the store didn't have bagged and shelled raw pecans, I would switch the nuts to something the store did have.
c) If the store had no bagged raw nuts that were acceptable, I'd change recipes.
Even with a power sheller and paper-thin pecans, it's a tedious and labor-intensive process (which is why they're so expensive).
How'd the cookies taste?
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a) I've never been in any grocery that didn't have a large selection of bagged nuts.
b) If the store didn't have bagged and shelled raw pecans, I would switch the nuts to something the store did have.
c) If the store had no bagged raw nuts that were acceptable, I'd change recipes.
Even with a power sheller and paper-thin pecans, it's a tedious and labor-intensive process (which is why they're so expensive).
How'd the cookies taste?
b) If the store didn't have bagged and shelled raw pecans, I would switch the nuts to something the store did have.
c) If the store had no bagged raw nuts that were acceptable, I'd change recipes.
Even with a power sheller and paper-thin pecans, it's a tedious and labor-intensive process (which is why they're so expensive).
How'd the cookies taste?
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IME you can get pistachios much cheaper in an Indian grocery than in a conventional American market.
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Now baked. Perfectly normal short bread, and the King's ransom of pistachios brings nothing to the party. Live and learn.
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Only half as bad, my wife is trying a cookie recipe that calls for 1/4 tsp of cardamom, we had to buy a 3 oz jar for just under $10. I hope we find other uses for it because we'll have a lot left.
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Coffee/chai tea
Pastries
Cookies/cake/pies
Curry
Fried rice/biryani
Stir fries
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Originally Posted by milepig
Now baked. Perfectly normal short bread, and the King's ransom of pistachios brings nothing to the party. Live and learn.
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Seemed odd to me as well. The dough was rolled in them, so they were on the outside and I guess toasted while the cookies were basting. It was the raw that were hard to find.
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How much should a cookie recipe cost to make?
Of course it depends on how many cookies are made, As a very dedicated cookie monster once said: If you bake them for more than a buck apiece, you might have to limit the intake to 8-10 at a time