This is not my creation for my brother, Kenny though I'm sure he'd enjoy them since he has the Dawson sweet tooth. Instead, my coworkers enjoyed these treats from the winner of a Plain Dealer cookie recipe contest.
They are supposedly an offshoot of the famous Neiman Marcus cookies (which are amazing) but not much similarity to me. Just good cookies. Winner Ken Mullins claims a yield of 12-15 large cookies, however following his direction of making 1 1/2 inch balls I ended up with nearly 4 dozen cookies.
Ken's Sneakers
1/2 c. unsalted butter, softened
1/2 c. light brown sugar
1/2 c. dark brown sugar
3 T. sugar
1 large egg
2 tsp. vanilla
1 3/4 c. flour
1 tsp. instant espresso powder
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. cayenne pepper
2 c. chocolate covered raisins
1/2 c. chocolate chips
1/2 c. chopped macadamia nuts
Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
Cream the butter with the sugars until fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract. Sift the dry ingredients together and beat into the butter mixture. Stir in the raisins, chips and nuts.
Form dough into 1 1/2-inch balls and place on a greased cookie sheet. Bake for 9-11 minutes.
Cool on pan for a few minutes; remove and finish cooling on racks.
Note: Please, pay attention to the fact that cookie sheets should be greased. I used shortening since I've found it works better than the sprays.
I didn't use the macadamia nuts. I don't like them and didn't have any. Instead, I increased the amount of chips and chocolate covered raisins to make up for that missing half cup of nuts. How can more chocolate be a bad thing?
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