Cornflakes Cookies

When I saw BH’s post on d cornflakes cookies, I was very eager to try cause I, too, has many bags of cornflakes in my freezer. However, as usual, I made some modification due to limited ingredients on hand. For example, recipe requires self-rising flour & since I have none, I decided to search d web for a solution & found this instant fix recipe.
End result – very crispy cookies but a bit too sweet for my family. Can u c d star cornflakes?
(A)
100g unsalted butter (melted)
1 normal size egg (ard 53g)
¼ cup sugar + 1/8 cup sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract

(B)
1¼ cup all-purpose flour
1½ tsp baking powder
½ tsp salt
1½ cup cornflakes

1. Mix (A) & (B) in separate bowl first. Then mix them together well in a big mixing bowl.
2. Use 2 tsp to round d cookie dough onto small paper case.
3. Bake at preheated 160C oven for 10-15 mins.
4. Let cookies cool in pan for 5 mins be4 moving it to cool completely on a wire rack.
5. Store in air-tight container.

Milo FunnyFaces Cookies

Was directed to this recipe by BH & decided to give it a try tonite. However, with MIL nagging abt giving d 2 toddlers too much chocolate, I decided to try replace with marshmallows instead. But what a horror when I checked d cookies 10mins into d baking process – those cookies that r stuffed with marshmallows r cracking open & marshmallows r flowing out of d dough! (pic1) Yuk!
And even after lowing d temp from 140C to 130C, I noticed that my entire 1st batch was burned only after 15mins in d oven! Argh!
So in d end, I have to throw away d entire 1st batch. For d 2nd batch, I decided to just follow d recipe & insert chocolate chips into d dough. However, I lower d temp in order to ensure no burned cookies again.

(1)
180g butter, soften at room temp
80g Milo
(2)
200g cake flour
25g corn flour
25g milk powder
(3)
100g chocolate chips
some chocolate rice
some Koko Krunch

Method:
1. Pre-heat oven to 130C. Line baking tray with baking paper and set aside.
2. Sieve (2).
3. Cream (1) be4 adding (2) to form dough.
4. Divide dough into 10g each. Put 3 chocolate chips into each piece of dough & roll into balls.
5. Prepare d faces as u c please.
6. Bake at 130C for abt 20 mins.
7. Leave to cool on wire rack before storing in an airtight container.

Raisin Cookies

After d last failed cookie attempt, I thot of gg back to d recipe that worked – Joyofbaking's Raisin Cookies. This time, I followed it closely, except that I ran out of milk & vanilla extract, so I still had to changed some of d ingredients. Also, previous attempt was a bit too sweet for me so this rd, I reduced d sugar amt too. I also took d advice from Shopoholic2802 & chill/cool d batter in d fridge for at least 2hrs be4 baking them in d oven.
End result – they were so much closer to how d original cookies look! YES! Even without d vanilla extract, d cookies do tasted so much better than my previous attempt on this same recipe!
Ingredients

• 1 cup all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1/8 tsp salt
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• 1/3 cup (70g) light brown sugar
• 85g unsalted butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 20 ml whipping cream
• ½ cup diced raisins

Mix all well & pop it into d fridge for at least 1-2hrs be4 spooning tspful onto baking pan. Bake @ 160c for ard 8mins for each batch. Allow to cool down be4 putting into container.

Vanilla Butter Cookies

Am still testing few cookie recipes hoping to find 1 that will work. Tonite, am testing on this recipe from Cookie baker Lynn's blog. However, am not sure if it's due to weather or temp (even though I have alrdy lower d temp), d batter spread out too fast d moment it's popped into d oven. Thus, most of d cookies' edge were burned badly.
End result, cookies were all very flatted & brown in color ;-( looks nothing near to what d original looks like at all! Guess I shd consider this a failure, right? Sigh…


Ingredients

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1/3 tsp salt
• 1/6 tsp baking powder
• 110g unsalted butter, softened
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 egg

1. Preheat to 160C.
2. In a mixing bowl whisk together flour/salt/baking powder until well mixed.
3. In another bowl beat butter till smooth be4 adding sugar & vanilla extract. Continue beating for abt 2 mins until mixture is well combined.
4. Add eggs & beat until well mixed.
5. Then add flour mixture & mix just until blended.
6. Scoop ard 1 tbsp of batter & put them abt 3 inches apart on cookie sheets. d batter will spread out as it bakes.
7. Bake two sheets at a time for 8-10 mins, or till d edges turn golden brown.
8. Move sheets onto cooling racks & let cool for 5 mins be4 transferring cookies to d racks to cool completely. Repeat with remaining batter on cooled cookie sheets.

Peanut Butter Cookies

Hayden’s sch is requesting for Halloween Bake sale donation so I went searching for something new to try out & decided on this interesting recipe from 101 Cookbooks. Supposed to end with a slightly dusty looking mixture but as u can c from d pic, not dusty at all. So am really not sure if I have done this correctly or not.
Ended with batches of rather soft cookies. But Hayden, hubby & MIL said taste great!

(1)
1 cups all-purpose flour
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp fine grain sea salt
(2)
½ cup chunky natural peanut butter
½ cup maple syrup
1/6 cup extra virgin olive oil
¾ tsp vanilla extract

1. Preheat oven to 150C. In a mixing bowl combine ingredient (1).
2. In another large bowl combine ingredient (2). Stir until combined.
3. Pour flour mixture over peanut butter mixture & stir until barely combined - still a bit dusty looking.
4. Let sit for five minutes, be4 giving 1 more quick stir.
5. Then drop by heaping tbspful onto parchment-lined baking sheets. Press down on each one gently with the back of a fork. Bake for 10+ mins will be enough. Over-baking will make them too dry.
6. Let cool 5 mins & transfer to a cooling rack.

Chocolate chips cookies

Hayden requested for cookies 2days ago & with time on hand, I decided to give it a try today. With so many choices on web, I decided on this recipe from JoyofBaking but changed d raisin to chocolate chips instead because I have so much left over. Half all d ingredients for my 1st cookies attempt in case it didn’t turn out right.

As I dont have mixer, I used d mini food processor & it got 'burn' out after 5 pulse! OMG! Show hubby d smoke that's coming out of d processor & here's what he said "maybe it's time u go ahead & get d KitchenAid instead" YES!

Never knew baking cookies can be so easy! 1st batch was great & it came off easily from d baking pan. But for some reason unknown, had problem getting d 2nd batch off & I cracked all of them in d end(as u can c from d pic). 3rd & 4th batch were ok through. Mmmm... cant remember what I have done diff..


MIL complained why I gave such 'heaty' food to Hayden but who cares when Hayden loves it.. ;-p

Ingredients

• 1 cup (130g) all purpose flour
• 1 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/8 tsp salt
• ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
• ½ cup (105g) light brown sugar
• 85g unsalted butter, softened
• ½ large egg
• 30 ml low-fat milk
• ½ cup chocolate chips

Mix all well & spoon onto baking pan. Bake @ 170c for ard 10mins for each batch. Allow to cool down be4 puting into container.