Showing posts with label Biscuits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Biscuits. Show all posts

Monday, 3 September 2012

"Millies" Cookies...

Everybody loves a Millies Cookie, and as a baker, I have been looking for years for a good recipe to replicate their gorgeous taste from home! At last I have got it, I took a few different recipes and have mixed and matched the ingredients to come up with what I believe to be the PERFECT Cookie recipe, with the same melt-in-your-mouth deliciousness of the Millies cookie...and now I'd like to share it with you...

My "Millies" Cookies

To make yours, all you will need is:
250g Unsalted Butter (Softened)
250g Plain Flour
200g Dark Brown Sugar
100g Granulated Sugar
3 tsp Vanilla Extract
1/2 tsp Baking Powder
A Pinch of Salt
2 Large Eggs (or 3 if they are extra small)
190g White Chocolate
190g Milk Chocolate
(Peculiar chocolate measurements I know, but if you get 200g bars...it means you will have a little extra to snack on while you bake)

Step 1.
Preheat your oven to gas 2 (150C/300F).  Grease and line a large baking tray. Place your chocolate in the fridge to harden.

Step 2.
Using an electric mixer, mix up the softened butter with the different sugars to make a gritty paste consistency.  Add in the eggs and vanilla extract, mix until smooth.

Step 3.
Sift the flour into a seperate mixing bowl, add in the salt and baking powder and mix well with a wooden spoon.  Fold in the egg and butter mixture until well mixed.  Separate half the mixture into a second mixing bowl so you are left with 2 equal portions.

Step 4.
Take the chocolate from the fridge leaving it still in its wrapper.  Using a rolling pin, smash the chocolate into little chunks...This will give a rustic look to your cookies with various sized chocolate chunks (instead of simply using chocolate chips).

Step 5. 
Add the white chocolate chunks to one bowl of mixture, and the milk chocolate chunks to the other. Fold in using wooden spoon - DO NOT OVER MIX!

Step 6.
Using a tablespoon, dollop spoonfuls of each mixture onto the lined baking tray, making sure that they are evenly spaced out as the mixture will spread.  Place on the top shelf of the oven and bake for 15 minutes, or until soft and golden.
This mix should get you about 17-20 cookies from each of the white and milk chocolate mixes, so you will need to re-line and re-use your tray as you will probably only get 8-12 spoonfuls on at a time.

Step 7.
Remove from the oven, and using a spatula, place the cookies instantly onto a cooling rack.  Once they have cooled slightly, they are good to go...best served warm!

Enjoy...


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Saturday, 28 April 2012

Rainy Days...

On this cold rainy day, who wants to leave the house? Not me, that's for sure.  Here's a rainy day activity that's sure to sweeten your afternoon.

Cranberry Biscuits

These delicious thick cut fruity biscuits, with a delightful melting texture from the cranberries, taste heavenly dunked into a warm cup of tea on a wet drizzly day like today.

To make 24 biscuits, all you will need is:
1 Egg 
1 Lemon (zest)
1 tsp Mixed Spice
75g Semi Dried Cranberries (Craisins)
125g Butter
125g Caster Sugar (plus a little extra to sprinkle)
175g Plain Flour

Step 1.
Sift the flour and mixed spice into a large mixing bowl.  Gradually add in chunks of the butter and massage in with your finger tips.  Once you have added all the butter, stir in the sugar, lemon zest and cranberries.

Step 2.
Beat the egg in a separate bowl, and add to the mixture.  Mix together until you have a firm dough.

Step 3.
Lightly flour you worktop and turn out the dough.  Knead for no longer than 5 minutes, and the shape your dough into a cylinder shape of roughly 20cm in length x 5cm wide.  Wrap your dough in cling film and chill in the fridge for 1 hour.

Step 4.
Preheat your oven to gas 5 (190C/375F).  Unwrap the chilled dough and slice into 5mm thick slices.  Lay your biscuits out onto a sheet of baking paper on a baking tray.  Make sure they are evenly spaced out.  Bake for 15 minutes, or until they are a pale golden colour.

Step 5. 
Leave to cool for a few minutes, sprinkle with a little caster sugar and place on a wire rack to cool completely.


Your biscuits are ready for dunking...Enjoy

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