Granny’s Test Kitchen Debut – Modified Mud Drips Anyone?

I’ve come up with another crazy idea but have refused to let my adult onset ADD get the better of me this time. So instead of starting a whole new blog, I’m going to use this one – at least for a while. My latest brainstorm is Granny’s Test Kitchen, a site filled with cooking and baking advice. Now, if you know me personally (this is Crystal, not Karen!), you might think this is a joke. Well, at least on the cooking advice front. But I’m serious!

This has all come about because I’ve been trying to modify recipes to be diabetic friendly. A few months ago, our (then) 8-year old grandchild was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes. No fun. Anyway, it is really difficult to come up with kid-friendly meals and snacks that are low carb. Hence my new hobby.

So today I decided to see what would happen if I made an old favorite with half the sugar. First I looked up all the ingredients and calculated the potential carb savings to make sure it was worth the effort. Then I proceeded to the kitchen and a short while later, Voilà! – reduced-carb mud drip cookies!

Interestingly, my testers both said the cookies were plenty sweet and one even said he thought they actually tasted sweeter than usual. How is that possible? Anyway, although they passed the taste test with flying colors, the consistency isn’t quite right – the mud drips are a little soft and sticky rather than dry and firm. So I guess I have to make another batch with a further adjustment. Oh darn!

So there you have it – the first recipe modification from Granny’s Test Kitchen. I’m sure I’ll be doing lots more!