Saturday 27 August 2011

*sparkle sparkle* (Choc chip cookies)


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Today’s recipe is one which has been passed down through my family for generations. It apparently was created at some point in the 18th century, and has been modified by everyone who has made it. However, not one single person has actually written down the ingredients – we’ve all been taught along the lines of “add about this much flour, until it looks like this”. So, as part of my contribution to the proud tradition of modifying this recipe, I worked out the ingredients.

Thomas Family Choc Chip Cookies

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups plain flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon salt
1 cup (250 g) unsalted butter (regular butter will do)
3/4 cup white sugar
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1 tablespoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 tablespoon milk
2 cups (500g) chocolate chips(at minimum. You can add more if you like)

Recipe

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

2. Microwave butter for 30 seconds, stir and set aside.

3. Beat butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and vanilla on medium-high speed until creamy.

4. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Add milk and beat until combined.

5.Gradually sift in flour, baking soda and salt. Beat until just combined (Over mixing will lead to tough cookies)

6.Stir in chocolate chips.

7. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes.

8.Place small globs of chilled dough onto a baking tray (baking paper is still your friend!).  Leave a fair amount of space between globs, as the cookies tend to spread a fair bit while cooking.

9. Bake for 10 minutes or until light brown.  Transfer cookies to cooling racks (careful, they’ll be hot and soft!)

10. Before adding more dough to the warm baking tray, place tray in freezer for 5-7 minutes to cool.

11. Repeat until all the dough is cooked.


Once again, photos!
(No cameraman this time, only your dear humble blogger)

(some of) the ingredients! 
 Chopped butter!
 Melted butter!
 More melted butter!
SUGAR! 
 The unmixed version of the sugar/butter mix
 Mixing!
 More mixing!
 MORE MIXING! (This is nearly the colour it should be)
 As you can see, it's fairly solid
 Eggs, donated by the Drage family chickens (Thanks Sam!)
 It's not rotten, so into the mix it goes!
 The cookie dough. (That white powder is plain flour, I swear!)
 Mixed cookie dough!
 The best bit - adding the choc chips!
 Mixed in choc chips - yum!
 More photos of the bowl of dough. This is what it looked like fresh out of the freezer.
The cookies!

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