Letās talk about cookies. Iām currently obsessed with making cookies. 2018 is now well underway, so who am I kidding? The resolutions are a distant memory and I seek solace in the comfort of my old favourites. Particularly the āMillieāsā style cookies with the chewy gooey centres and the crumbly crunchy tops.
Iāve been so busy lately that I havenāt been able to post so much on the blog, and instead Iāve been more active on my Instagram. But Iād really like to take the blog on more and find my voice and I couldnāt find a more fitting thing to talk about than my love of the cookie with a recipe thrown in for good measure.
When I was a little girl a family friend used to make THE best USA style cookies, I spent years trying to replicate this and never ever could, partly because food memories are experiences more than taste and partly because I never knew the real recipe, years later my mum gave it to me with the āsecret ingredientā as a Christmas present ā the secret ingredient turned out to be CRISCOā¦. I donāt need to explain myself ā it was the 90s. They are still the best cookies I ever had.
Since then I have regularly made cookies; different styles ā but the Millieās style is my favourite. My mum used to make a dessert that I liked to call the Seven Seas (or Seven Cās) basically a chilled cookies; coffee; cream; chocolate; cake with Cadbury sprinkles. A messy messy dessert but so delicious.
Donāt even get me started on cookie dough! Remove the egg and voila youāve got yourself a post workout snack ā roll it into a ball and dip it in cocoa powder. So much you can do with cookie dough ā cookie dough brownies; ice cream; cookie dough protein bites; cookie dough-nuts ā less nomclature and more nommmmmclature!
I spent so many years developing in gluten free and vegan and I loved it ā so obviously I had to make cookies to boot and Iāve spent time perfecting this as well. You can find the recipe for this here
Ā GLUTEN FREE & VEGAN COOKIES
Ā I made double chocolate cookies with a marshmallow centre this weekend for Mothers Day. My mum was needless to say delighted and they didnāt last long! They make such a lovely gift and they are really easy to make! Marshmallow is definitely one of my favourite things ever to make and I honestly suggest you give it a go ā you can find the recipe for this here
Double Chocolate Cookies recipe:
125g butter
100g light brown sugar
125g caster sugar
1 egg
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
200g self raising flour
20g cocoa powder/cacao powder
1/2 teaspoon of salt
200g chocolate chips
Method:
In a mixer cream the butter and sugars; add the egg and vanilla then add the dries. Easy! I rolled mine into small balls the size of maybe a truffle, that would fit into the crevice of your palm and patted these out with a fork ā I then popped chocolate chunks on top so that they looked more aesthetically pleasing and also more chocolatey!! Bake in a preheated oven for 7-9 minutes ā I PROMISE they donāt need anymore time than that! They make look gooey and underdone when they come out but trust me they are still cooking! So leave them be, unless a pesky hand (ie my boyfriend) tries to steal them while they are HAWT.
This recipe is awesome, because you just need to adapt it slightly to make different versions, for example to make a plain cookie ā just use 225g self raising flour instead of adding cocoa powder. Or for oatmeal and raising, use 190g self raising flour and 35g rolled oats, with about 150g raisins. Simple!
To make the sandwiches ā I made the cookies first and allowed them to cool while I made the mallow, when the mallow was made and still warm I added a little natural colour and some cherry juice and it made it go lovely and pink! š Maybe I should do a video blog of me making mallow haha! Would you like that idea? Let me know!!
I hope you give some of these recipes a try and I look forward to hearing how you get on! I am hoping lovely readers to make some big changes over the coming months in line with my plans for my own business and for the future of my blog. Iāve been doing this now for six months, I love it but I just not very savvy! I am trying to learn as fast as I can and find my voice. I hope you enjoy my content and hope to bring more fun blogs your way soon!
Thereās so many things I want to do, video blog; podcast and to fix the layout on my blog, but I am taking one step at a time. I am currently working on splitting my blogs into a few different channels. I love food in all capacity but I also cater for development of healthier alternatives, and recently the two just havenāt sat well together? So I am working on rebranding, if anyone can offer advice on this then do get in touch. I am a new business owner and I am already taking on clients and loving it. I also have plans afoot for my own brand of products, but just donāt know where thatās going to go just yet! I just need to focus my attention where I can and allow things to fall into place ā I can be seriously impatient! if anyone has any tips on vlogs; podcasts and on layouts then please hook a gastronaut up! Or if anyone would like a collaboration ā also send me a message š Iād love to hear from you,
Lots of Love,
Glass GastronautĀ xx
C is forĀ Cookie Let's talk about cookies. I'm currently obsessed with making cookies. 2018 is now well underway, so who am I kidding?