Cookie things, recipe is a rough draft

The latest need for a little something with a cup of tea led me here. Not that I took much notice of the actual recipe, just the idea.

The creator has this recipe online, and I notice there the flour is two cups almond flour, not the 1.5 a friend wrote for me. And judging from the number of her readers complaining they were dry to the point of not working, I'm guessing maybe a typo.

Anyway I used the lower quantity, of whole wheat pastry flour, not having almond flour, and molasses, not having maple syrup, and the other couple of ingredients I did have.

I still had to add third of a cup of honey and then a drop of milk to get the dough to adhere in anything resembling edible fashion.

And I studded it with sliced almonds, and generally cookhandled it into compliance.

Oven at 350°f.  Recipe said 12 minutes. Needed nearer 18. Recipe said makes 16. I got 12 as you see, cook not having yet tried one or two. I think I'd put the oven up to 375° though, another time. That won't increase the number of cookies, but might improve the texture, which is a trifle leaden.

I did emerge with some sort of baked thingies. They're edible if not Great Bake Off.

I may have designed a cookie come to think of it.  No complaints from the audience yet anyway. That would be me.

They taste dark and rich, because of the molasses, so you need to like molasses for these to be okay for you. Not very sweet. I might use  almond essence rather than vanilla which was overwhelmed by the molasses in the end, not expecting to encounter them.

If I ever make them again, that is. So many sweets, so little time.