Compost Cookies Recipe

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My friend Dawn shares a baking blog with me. Here is her latest post! "I've been wanting to make these cookies ever since I saw the originals on one of my favorite blogs, A Cup of Jo. They've been all the rage for awhile, as is their crack pie~ both from David Chang's Momofuku Milk Bar Bakery in NYC and the brilliant creation of Christina Tosi. Being that I'm a tad far from the Big Apple to just pick some up and it's too wickedly cold outside to do anything else productive, it was the perfect day to tackle making these. I searched for a recipe that was closest to Momofuku's recipe as humanly possible. The original, or one like it, was given by Ms. Tosi herself on the Regis and Kelly Show but a lot of bakers commented that the cookies were flattening out while baking....Meh. I like my cookies with a little more body, so I adapted two promising recipes- one from Cookie Madness and The Oatmeal Cookie Blog (here) to get the recipe that follows below. The original Compost Cookie Recipe asks for corn syrup (left it out) and also graham cracker crumbs. I substituted panko crumbs and rice krispie cereal and the Oatmeal Cookie Guy threw in oatmeal and fritos... an interesting pick! But that's the beauty of this recipe; you can substitute whatever you're craving or have on hand. As a nod to my youth, I'm mixing in top ramen and also peanut butter-filled pretzels next time! The end result was that the cookies held their form and we found out soon afterwards, these cookies are seriously addictive with their sweet and salty combo...Proceed with caution!"