Tuesdays with Dorie DC: Old Bay Pretzel-and-Cheese Cookies

May 21, 2019 at 12:01 am | Posted in cookies & bars, groups, savory things, snacks, sweet things, tuesdays with dorie | 4 Comments
Tags: baking, cookies, savory

I grew up in Northern Virginia and when I was a kid, my dad and a friend from Maryland co-owned a boat together on the Chesapeake Bay. My mother would wrinkle her nose at this, but Old Bay is a flavor of my childhood, I guess, and one I still like lot today. Now I mostly sprinkle it on corn or oven fries, but here it’s used in savory Old Bay Pretzel-and-Cheese Cookies. With chunks of pretzel rods and bits of cheddar cheese, too, they’re just the thing to have with a beer or a Bloody Mary, or even a bowl of tomato soup.

The dough is like a shortbread and is made in the food processor. I actually had a hard time getting mine to come together, even before adding the pretzel bits, and wound up adding a blob of sour cream for a bit of extra moisture to make it less crumbly. It’s slice-and-bake, so I managed to finagle the dough into a rough log, but then it crumbled again when i sliced it. I wound up having to hand-form my cookie crumbles into little nuggets on the sheet tray. When baked, I’m happy to report that they finally held together! They’re salty and savory and crunchy, and if I find myself going boating again anytime soon, they’ll find their way into my snack bag.

For the recipe, see Dorie’s Cookies by Dorie Greenspan (it’s also here). Don’t forget to check out the rest of the TWD Blogroll!

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I love the look of your rustic cookies! My mini food processor did an amazing job of getting all the pretzels completely uniform and my dough came together easily. I’d make these cracker thin next time, tho….

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— May 21, 2019 #

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- oh— good idea!
  
  Comment by steph (whisk/spoon)— May 21, 2019 #
  
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I liked your family story. Sounds like you had a bit of trouble with this one. These were tasty though.

Comment by Diane Zwang— May 21, 2019 #

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I love the memories that these cookies evoked with you. These cookies were delicious.

Comment by Cakelaw— May 22, 2019 #

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