Two things happened to me today. I got an envelope of coupons in the mail from General Mills highlighting Pilsbury's new Simply . . . Cookie Dough. Imagine, last minute cookies without corn syrup. One of the coupons is for a free package which is AWESOME!Then, I opened up my e-mail, and there was an e-mail from Nestle Toll House, and I was thinking -- wow! How much cookie goodness can can you get in one day? Only, the Toll House e-mail was a recall notice. Now, it's very responsible of them to voluntarily recall the dough, becasue the FDA has a sample that tested positive for e-coli. That has to be hard, considering everything already going in with the economy.
The recall is not going to stop me from going to get the free Pilsbury cookies, or from eating the Nestle Toll House product once they get everything straightened out. But one thing caught my attention: Nestle is asking everybody to remind thier friends and family not to eat raw cookie dough.
I have a confession to make. I totally eat raw cookie dough, especially when I've made it myself. I always wind up licking my fingers after I shape the cookies, so I figure I might as well eat one. Or two. I've never gotten sick from it . . . though, it doesn't help the waistline any. I can't be the only one who does this. Otherwise, where would cookie dough ice cream have come from? Tell me I'm not the only one.
When I make cookies from scratch, what I do is double the recipe and bake them all. Then I store the extras in the freezer. When unexpected company drops by, it's a minute and twenty seconds in the microwave, and they're almost as good as fresh-baked. I don't know if that's any safer than freezing the uncooked dough, which freezers afety guides say you can do.
