Saturday 17 November 2012

Brownie Cookies

Cookie Base:
10 oz self raising flour         
227g soft  butter
3.5oz caster sugar
100g chocolate chips

Method:

  1. Put oven onto 180C.
  2. Rub the butter, sugar and flour into crumbs using your fingers.
  3. Add in the chocolate chips.
  4. Using the back of a silver spoon flatten the biscuit base down into a baking tray.
  5. Put tray into oven and allow to bake for 10 minutes or until light brown.
Brownies:
Ingredients:
150g butter
1/2 cup hot chocolate powder
3/4 cup dark chocolate
2 cups Demerera/light brown sugar
150g mini marshmallows
2 Tbsp Golden syrup
4 eggs beaten
2 cups self raising flour
1/2 tsp baking powder
2 tsps vanilla essence
150g milk chocolate broken into pieces

Method:
  1. Melt the first 6 ingredients over a medium heat until all melted into a glossy deep chocolate colour.
  2. Add the final ingredients to the beaten eggs and whisk until no lumps are present.
  3. Add the hot chocolate mixture into the flour and eggs and mix well, put on top of the almost baked cookies and into and back into an oven for 20 minutes or until a knife comes out clean once stuck into the centre.
  4. Slice into squares and serve hot or cold.

Thursday 8 November 2012

Maple oatmeal chocolate chip cookies

Ingredients:

125g soft butter
1 1/4 cups caster sugar
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1 tsp baking powder
2 eggs
3 tbsp maple syrup
1 cup of chocolate chips (white and milk chocolate).
3 cups rolled oats.

Method:

  1. Pre heat the oven to 180C.
  2. Add the butter & sugar to a large bowl and mix well.
  3. Mix in the flour, baking powder & eggs until smooth.
  4. Pour in the maple syrup, chocolate chips and rolled oats.
  5. Using your hands roll the batter into small dough balls.
  6. Put the balls onto a greased baking tray and put into oven for 10-20 minutes or until golden brown.