Yummy Scrummy in my Tummy (Cookie Recipes)

Member Name: yellowroses

Product:	Cookie Recipes
Date:	27/02/09 (159 review reads)
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Advantages: Lots of variations to suit allergies and tastes

Disadvantages: They taste far too good!

Having not had the best of days I decided to cheer both myself and my son up by doing some baking. We bake about once a week and freeze cakes and pies etc for later. Tonight though I wanted chocolate and since I have avoided the supermarket this week I headed for the flour. My flat looks a bit like the flour fairy hit but we had fun and a treat all the same. I usually bake using measuring cups as is it easier for my son. Also I normally write out the recipe using pictures of the cup or spoon etc and rough pictures of ingredients such as a bag of sugar, this lets my son get ingredients from the cupboard and feel very clever as opposed to me telling him what to do. The recipe below is in cups rather than weights but i have put rough weights as a guide.


***** Ingredients *****

3/4 Cup of castor sugar (4oz)
3/4 cup of Brown sugar (4oz)
2 medium eggs
1 cup Butter (6oz)
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
1 teaspoon Baking powder
2 1/4 cups of plain flour (10 oz roughly)
1 cup chocolate chips (whatever kind you like) not sure on weight but around half a packet
( you could also add chopped nuts such as pecans if you want more bite)

You will need

A baking tray covered with grease proof paper or kitchen foil that has been well greased
Oven set at 200 ٥C or (I think 400٥F or gas mark 6)

**** Method ****

Mix castor sugar, brown sugar and butter together.
Beat the eggs then add to the mix with the vanilla
Gradually add flour and baking powder and mix till smooth
Gently stir in chocolate Drops
Use about a table spoon of mix per cookie and lay on baking tray leaving about a 2 inch gap between them so you dont end up with one giant cookie
I made 12 large cookies with this mix so think ill be visiting my sisters and passing them on (too tempting to have that many)

***** Cooking ****

Place in oven for 12- 16 minutes
You are cooking until edges turn golden and slightly crisp.


***** Those with allergies ****

This recipe works with rice flour and I used to make it with Stork or Pure (Dairy Free Spread) and plain chocolate or carob. It also works using an egg replacer in place of eggs. My son had lots of allergies so learnt to be inventive.

***** Alternatives to chocolate *****

I have also replaced chocolate with quartered glace cherries, mashed bananas, coconut and chopped apricots. They all worked ok, i cut down the amount of butter to use bananas as otherwise it may be too wet.

Enjoy!!!


**** The cookies ****

Moist but not soggy and absolutely delicious cookies which cheered me and my son up. Of course he ate majority of cookie dough before cooked.

Summary: Always cheer me up :)