Cookie Bar Recipe

We love Cookies, this recipe is an adaptation of my own recipe because simply one day I wanted ookies but could not be bothered to spend an hour baking 4 cookies at a time (the original recipe makes about 20 cookies) so I decided to experiment and made a cookie tray bake, which worked and was delicious and this is how I make it:

Ingredients

• 170g butter
• 100g sugar
• 200g brown sugar
• 1tbsp vanilla extract
• 2 eggs
• 240g flour
• 1tsp bicarbonate of soda
• 200g chocolate chips

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170c fan and line a shallow baking tin with baking paper
2. Cream the butter and sugar together until smooth
3. Add the vanilla extract and eggs and whisk thoroughly
4. Gradually add the flour and bicarbonate of soda whilst mixing
5. Once combined add the chocolate chips and mix through
6. Spread evenly into the baking tray and bake for 25 minutes
7. Allow to cool before removing from the tin or it will crack
8. Cut and serve

And there you have it, super simple and super delicious, as with all my recipes I use vegan butter for my milk intolerant babe and it works just as well. If you prefer your cookies really gooey I would take them out a few minutes earlier.

Chantelle x

Peanut Butter Cookie Recipe

I had a craving for peanut butter cookies the other day but I wasn’t in the mood for a full baking session so I had a little Google, I couldn’t find a very good recipe but I saw a couple that I sort of combined in the hope of something yummy. They were fairly simple so thought they would be edible nonetheless, this is the recipe I came up with for Peanut Butter Cookies:

Ingredients

• 100g Sugar
• 120g Peanut Butter
• 1 Egg
• 50g Chocolate Chips

Method

1. Preheat your oven to 170c (fan)
2. Measure the sugar and peanut butter into a bowl
3. Add the egg and whisk until combined
4. Pour in the chocolate chips and mix through (you can leave these out of you don’t fancy them)
5. Use a tablespoon to dollop the mixture on a lined baking tray, leave a 3-4cm gap between to allow for them to spread whilst baking
6. Put into the oven for 12-14 minutes
7. Allow to cool before serving, but eat them a little warm for the best gooey results!

I can confirm that they were delicious and so quick and easy to make too, whenever I am looking for a simple fix to a sweet craving I will be making them again as they were enjoyed by all four of us, i’ve already made them again since.

Chantelle x

Double Chocolate Cookie Recipe

What do you make when someone does not like cake… cookies! Here is my recipe for White and Dark Chocolate Cookies:

Ingredients

• 250g of Plain Flour
• 1/2 tsp of Bicarbonate of Soda
• 1/2 tsp of Salt
• 170g of Butter
• 200g of Brown Sugar
• 100g of Caster Sugar
• 1 tbsp of Vanillan Extract
• 1 Egg
• 1 Egg Yolk
• 150g of White Chocolate Chunks
• 150g of Dark Chocolate Chunks

White and Dark Chocolate Cookies

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 170C
2. Line a baking tray with baking paper
3. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and salt together and set aside
4. In a bowl cream together the butter, brown sugar and caster sugar
5. When smooth beat in the vanilla extract, egg and egg yolk until light and creamy
6. Mix if the flour mixture gradually and blend
7. Stir in the white and dark chocolate chunks
8. Spoon dough onto the baking tray – around one heaped teaspoon for a biscuit sized cookie – do not flatten
9. Make sure that each cookie is 5cm apart to allow for baking
10. Bake for around 6-8 minutes until the cookies are flattened and started to golden lightly
11. Once cooked take out of the oven and leave on baking tray to cool
12. After 5 minutes cooling on the tray transfer to a cooling rack to finish cooling before eating

Let me put it simply, white chocolate, good, dark chocolate good, chewy cookies, good – White and Dark Chocolate Cookies , amazing! The recipe is also really easy for anyone to make and is almost foolproof so could be a great one for making with friends or with kids as they cool really quickly so the recipe is instantly rewarding.  I also think they would be great for making in a batch and keeping in the cupboard to enjoy in the evening with a cup of tea. This recipe make around 30 biscuit sized cookies that will keep for 5 days in a sealed tin. Just make sure you do not overcook them or they loose their chewiness!

Next up…. Another  cookie recipe!

Cookie Cupcake Recipe

I have not shared a cupcake recipe in a while and as I am always, probably too much, making them and experimenting I thought it was time to write another invention up on the blog! Here is my recipe for Chocolate Cookie Cupcakes;

Ingredients

• 75g of Plain Flour
• 25g of Cocoa Powder
• 100g of Sugar
• 1tsp of Baking Powder
• 1/2tsp of Bicarbonate of Soda
• 200g of Butter
• 2 Eggs
• 25ml of Milk
• 2tsp of Vanilla Extract
• 125g of Icing Sugar
• 75g of Cookies

Chocolate Cookie Cupcakes

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180C
2. Prepare your bun tin with your paper cake cases for later
3. Sift the sugar into a bowl and add 100g of the butter then cream together until smooth
4. In a separate bowl sift the flour, cocoa, baking powder and bicarbonate of soda together
5. Then slowly add the dry mixture to the creamed butter mix until crumbly
6. Add the 2 eggs and whisk until smooth
7. Finally add the vanilla extract and milk and mix in thoroughly
8. Pour the mixture evenly into the cake cases
9. Bake in the oven for 16-18 minutes
10. Once cooked allow to cool thoroughly
11. Once cool sift the icing sugar into a bowl
12. Then add the final 100g of butter and cream until smooth
13. Smash the cookies into small pieces and add them to the mix and stir until combined
14. Use a pallet knife to decorate the top of the cupcakes with the frosting
15. Then enjoy!

These cupcakes were made on a day when I made 3 batches of different flavours for my fiance to take into work, the first 3 batched were from my trusted collection of cupcake recipes but for the third I wanted to try something different. I settled on Chocolate Cookie Cupcakes, just because really. I find that I think of my best combinations from flavours when the cupboards are almost bare and I have to be inventive. These cupcakes were enjoyed greatly, in honesty not my favourite but it seems it is a boy thing!