I think that the main thing for me was that I was expecting a buttery chewy sort of cookie. I felt better though after I renamed them. I called them pumpkin muffin tops and everyone who had them liked them. It seems like the expectation from the name is the main problem. I used pecans as I’m allergic to almonds. All in all, very yummy. The other thing I had a problem with was the chocolate drizzle on top. The chocolate never melted enough to drizzle, just sort of smear like frosting. I think that was probably the low quality chocolate I used though. I may try decreasing the leavening just to see if it will create the kind of cookie I was expecting.

This book sounds great. I just think the article should reference the book that Foy’s book is based on. “The Devil’s Dictionary” by Ambrose Bierce is a tongue-in-cheek dictionary from the early 1900s.