If you were to ask the Everyman, he’d probably tell you that the way I won his heart was through his stomach.
Of course, if you asked our friend Tara, the erstwhile “matchmaker” who nudged the chronically man-hating me towards him after we’d met at a Christmas party, she’d tell you he’d been smitten with me long before I ever set eyes on him.
Either way, I’m pretty certain I cemented myself into “awesome girlfriend” status after the first time I invited him over for dinner. If you were wondering, dinner that night was a roasted pork tenderloin in a sundried tomato prosciutto cream sauce. Who’d have known that the dish I’d randomly picked while looking for something new (I never subscribed to that whole ‘do what you’re comfortable with’ crap – where’s the fun in that???) would be the perfect choice for the porcine loving Everyman? Not I.
Since then, almost 4 years later, the Everyman’s still singing the praises of just about everything I prepare. Smart man, after all. But, among the many dishes that he loves, one such invention of mine still gets him drooling every single time I make it; the baked good I’ve become known for… the s’more cookie.
There have been many iterations of the s’more cookie floating around the internet over the years, but I’m still convinced mine are best.
For one, I crafted the dough recipe from scratch.
For another, when I have the time for it, I make my own marshmallows (obviously in the shot above, I did not have time). Thirdly, I always use the best quality dark chocolate (Callebaut chips or chopped up gourmet bars).
And lastly, so that my mother in law wouldn’t feel left out after the rest of the family tried them the first time, I developed a gluten free version that she could eat by coming up with a gluten free graham cracker recipe and alternative flour/dough mixture.
Recently, for a BBQ at my boss’ house, I decided that some s’more cookies were in order. And as expected, even after all the food we gorged on, they still managed to disappear.
Of course, they’re not necessarily a paragon of healthiness, but honestly, you’ve got to live a little, you know?
Yum!
Until next time…
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Will to share this recipe?
Sorry Jen, this one dies with me.
As the saying goes, I could tell ya, but then I’d have to kill ya!