Summer is in full force and things are looking pretty amazing. I am finally able to move things around and get organized before the Back to School storm. Over the last couple of weeks I’ve been focusing on my baking skills and some snacks for the boys after they have their many sessions of basketball, football and playing catch.
Many years ago, when I had 4 kids all under the age of 10 and living in Alberta, Canada, my children’s favourite snack were chocolate chip cookies. They were very particular about the kind of cookie the requested, though, they had to be “Hockey Cookies”. My neighbour introduced the recipe to me and told me they were the perfect recipe for those cold after school days and we found very soon after that they were good for every day for my kids. My neighbour explained that she would make these cookies for her sons after hockey games and practice.
Now that I have some extra time on my hands, I’ve decided to resurrect my joy of cooking and what better way than cookies? Naturally, I turned to Pinterest to see if I could find the recipe and I also wondered if it was the same? The name is now “Hockey Puck” chocolate chip cookies and using a muffin tin is a fabulous “Eureka” moment! I used the good old baking sheet method with this recipe and it didn’t hold at all which had NOTHING to do with the recipe! I had to finagle the recipe, for example, I didn’t have Vanilla Extract, walnuts nor corn syrup. I also forgot that 2 sticks of butter does not mean a full bar. At my grocery store, I usually get a bar of butter that is equivalent to 2 cups of butter instead of 1 cup of butter. So yup, you guessed it I totally over buttered the whole recipe. I problem solved my way into finding a deep dish casserole baking pan and scooped the rest of the batter into it. I set the oven for the same baking temperature and time.
After cooling the Hockey Puck cookies turned into a dense Hockey Rink Cookie Cake! In less than 12 hours the rink was devoured. With more requests from my pterodactyls, I corrected the recipe with using the proper amount of cookies, I still didn’t add the walnuts, corn syrup nor the vanilla extract however it still tasted delicious! The third try remained fluffy with the denseness of a brownie or a Hello Dolly dessert. I was thinking of doing a spin on this Hockey Rink Cookie Cake with Hello Dollies hmmm… a Hockey Hello Dolly, a Rinkside Hello Dolly Cookie Cake? I’ll work on the dessert and I’d love for you to give me ideas on a name!
If you try the original and my spin on the recipe let me know!
Thank you to Great Grub, Delicious Treats for your inspiration and your fantastic recipe!
Much Love,
SS
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Stiletto Supermom 