I’ve heard of using mayonnaise in cakes, but have you ever tried them in cookies? Sir Kensington gave me the idea of doing so by sending over a recipe for chocolate chip walnut cookies, along with some gourmet mayonnaise and ketchup.
How cute is their packaging? They pretty much nailed it on the fonts, logo, and colors. I’m a sucker for a cute cartooned man with a monocle, mustache, and top hat.
Once I popped open the jar, I could immediately tell the difference in quality between Sir Kensington’s and commonly found mayonnaise. It was thick, creamy, and exceptionally smooth.
I’ve never baked mayonnaise into cookies, so I was anxious to see the results. I will admit that the dough was a bit crumbly for my taste. Since there were no eggs in the recipe, the mayo was responsible for holding the dough together.
After pressing the cookie dough with my hands into dough balls, I plopped them on the cookie sheet to bake. Since the dough was more crumbly and dry than my regular cookie dough, I knew the cookies wouldn’t be spreading very much. I baked them for 5 minutes as dough balls, but decided to press down on the tops just a bit with a spatula so they would flatten out.
That did the trick. The cookies didn’t spread or flatten at all on its own. You need to really help mold the dough into the shape that you want your cookie to be. This would probably be a great recipe for cutting shapes out of. I can even see myself using this recipe again and filling a metal cookie cutter with the dough prior to putting in the oven, which would create a fun shaped cookie that can hold its shape.
Since there are no eggs in the recipe, the cookie dough is safe to eat. I must warn you that the cookie dough did have a strong mayo taste even though I only used a tiny bit. However, after baking, the mayonnaise taste seems to just disappear from the cookie, leaving you with a light, crumbly, shortbread-like consistency.
You can find Sir Kensington’s products at Sur La Table, Safeway, and Whole Foods, just to name a few. Heck, you can even buy them online!
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons Sir Kensington’s Classic Mayonnaise
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup walnuts, roughly chopped
Directions
- In a large bowl cream the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar. Add mayonnaise and mix well. Add vanilla.
- In a separate bowl sift together the flour and baking soda. Gradually add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Add chocolate chips and walnuts.
- Drop dough by rounded spoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 375 degrees for 8-9 minutes or until they begin to brown.
I received product to review, but the opinions expressed are my own.
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