The Great Kulfi Cookie Conundrum 🍦🍪

Grab your lab coats and your favorite mixing spoons, bakers! This week on Cookie Lab, we are fusing the worlds of frozen desserts and fresh-baked treats. We’re putting on our flavor-scientist hats to tackle a beloved South Asian classic and transform it into the ultimate cookie: The Kulfi Cookie.

Here’s a breakdown of our delicious experiment:

🧪 Inside the Lab This Week:

Hypothesis Testing: What is Kulfi? Before we could bake it, we had to understand it. We dive into the history of this traditional, dense, and creamy frozen dessert that has been a staple of South Asian summers for centuries.
The Baseline Control: For "research purposes" (totally not just because we wanted a snack), we sample authentic Kulfi ice cream. We break down its signature texture and taste profile to establish exactly what our cookie needs to live up to.
The Main Experiment: Jill steps up to the oven! We put her freshly baked Kulfi Cookies to the ultimate taste test. Did she successfully capture that rich, caramelized, cardamom-infused magic in cookie form? Or did it crumble under pressure?
The Deep Science of Saffron: Ever wonder why a tiny pinch of these vibrant red threads can completely transform a dish—and why it costs more than its weight in gold? We break down the food science, chemistry, and aromatics of saffron that give Kulfi its iconic golden hue and floral punch.

Did you bake along with us this week? Tag us in your cookie photos on Instagram @CookieLabPodcast or drop your cookie theories in comments.

Sweet Tip of the Week: When working with saffron, don't just throw the threads straight into your dough! Bloomy them in a tablespoon of warm milk first to extract maximum color and flavor.

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Recipe link: https://www.dishbyrish.co.uk/2021/03/pistachio-kulfi-cookies/

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