Category: Cookies

Double chocolate mmhmm oatmeal cookies

Double chocolate mmmhmm i.e. double the scrumptiousness ..you got it Folks! and yet healthier because it has oatmeal and we all know the good properties of oatmeal and how everyone is trying to include them somehow in their diets whether its via parfaits or refrigerator overnight oatmeals..homemade granola…I hear you! But now I thought to bring it in to our comforting chocolate cookie scenario..

So after all the hurricane florence and everyone being on edge..and for all those who have been troubled or had to cut their vacations short I truly feel for you and I am sorry for the loss.. but always remember no matter how hard the situation or scenario I have absolute faith there will be light after the disastrous dark tunnel of difficulties we all face and those of you out there who are still feeling the repercussions of the hurricane…like I heard in the news that flooding now just started in fayetville, North Carolina because the water level had risen quite above their safety line and all the rains just caused it to flood days after the hurricane left..

And for all those who had to evacuate and leave their homes to move to shelters my heart goes out to you all! May God be with you all in this difficult time and may you all be blessed with great strength and courage to regain control of your lives.. once again!

We all need comfort and to me these oatmeal cookies brought the sense of warm hugs we all need after the hurricane. Especially when they baked in the oven and my kitchen smelled glorious…

So for this receipe you will be needing the following;

4 oz salted butter( you can use unsalted ..but I always find a pinch of salt amongst the sweetness best to take off the edge AND AT ROOM TEMPERATURE)

4oz oatmeal ( I used old fashioned oats)

4oz semi sweet chocolate morsels

4oz white chocolate

5oz all purpose flour

4oz sugar

1 egg

1/2tsp Baking powder

2 tsp vanilla essence ( I use a little extra because with oatmeal it needs a lil extra because it soaks it up than flour)

This recipe is one of my favorite one bowl recipes where you don’t need too many things and makes clean up that much easier!😅

So as always we preheat the oven at 350f. We then cream are the butter and sugar and add in the vanilla essence and the egg

And whisk till these are mixed in and then slowly at certain intervals add the flour, I tend to mix all the dry ingredients other than the chocolate together that way you only have to mix one time not separately for each ingredient ..because the more mix the more dense and dry the cookie gets when baked.. and then when you’re left with only the chocolate I just tend to fold these in otherwise they just stink to the bottom of the bowl.

Once this is achieved I take a tablespoon and take out heaped mounds and put it on a greased baking tray keeping them spaced out

because they do spread a little when they cook and I find that the higher the mound of cookie batter you put on the tray the more chewier the texture and ofcourse more of the good stuff that comes in your mouth. I baked them for 11 mins and they were a nice golden brown color. If you want them crisper I’m sure increasing the time a little will help you achieve that..

I used two chocolates because they are what I like you are welcome to just double the quantity of the same type or go for something like peanut butter and chocolate or butterscotch even. It’s always fun to try and experiment until you discover the taste that suits your cooking style and what you love to bite into…I look forward to reading your comments.. until next time stay blessed!

Coconut crinkle cookies

Okay folks! it’s the hurricane season …and the hurricane florence is moving inland but we can’t just sit and wait for it can we? I don’t know about you but waiting and praying and just being anxious after prepping the provisions has got me all agitated .. now I’m looking for something soothing and comforting …and these lovely coco….nutty crinkly cookies are just the thing because coconut brings in the toasty comforting feeling of coziness that gets you through the hard times when we’re all unsure what is happening.

Today I chose to share a receipe that brings me much joy and comfort but theres always this dilemma of using the sweetened versus desiccated unsweetened coconut. Once you decide on what you have available you can make them otherwise you’re stuck looking at the picture and drooling!… Haha!

Trust me when I say this I knowwww the feeling absolutely. I was in the exact same position when my friend showed me the receipe of these cookies when she made and brought them over when I dislocated my knee….OUCH!

I was doing some leg exercises and lunges when one of the times i started getting up. Maybe my position was not all that correct …and my knee cap decides to pop out of place and my goodness excruciating!! Next time I promised myself really going to work on getting the feet angle straight. I finally realized why all those exercise trainers are always talking about getting your position correct …and saving yourself from being hurt!

Ok. Back to the receipe.. it requires unsweetened coconut and for those of you who are like me who don’t know where to find unsweetened desiccated coconut unless their in their native country ..and im usually like where in the world do i get unsweetened coconut.. because I hardly see it in the local stores… sure there are other stores like the old Arab or Indian store in the corner some where that will have them with superficially high prices…

Then kachinnnng! A bright idea pops in your head …and you think what’s the main difference between sweetened and unsweetened coconut? Sugar right?

I got thinking that ok if sugar is the only thing keeping me from making this receipe ill just start by tweaking the sugar a bit considering the sweetened coconut is just that right? ..

I was corrected once I put that into practice by actually using 3/4 of the sugar that called for in the receipe but that didn’t do it either.. it just made them rather scary looking flat cookies…

As you can see below;

They not only spread they clumped up together and not at all comforting.. just sad!

So

Next step was to brainstorm ideas.. and I thought my dough is a lil runny to be considered a cookie dough.. which lead me to believe that my wet ingredients were more than my dry ingredients. Also in a lot of cookies receipe all purpose flour is used so I added some in it and made the dough again and this time it took shape …and stayed there which I took as a good sign …and surely enough when I made medium sized cookie dough balls …and baked them.. they looked delicious! Take a look at these. ..

At this stage we can sprinkle some powdered sugar on top to give it that incredible effect .. that crinkle cookies have..

For the ingredients..

250 g sweetened coconut flakes

250g semolina

175g sugar

Pinch of salt

1 cup of oil

1/4 cup of flour

7g of vanilla essence

3 eggs

7g of baking powder..

And there you have it that little bit of flour just acts like the dry agent that brings the dough altogether to have the texture much more like the cookie dough we recognize..

So for the mixing up we just take all the ingredients and mix them up form a dough then using a cookie scoop .. scoop out some big mounds of dough and make them into medium sized balls …and patting them from the top and baking them in a preheated oven at 375f for about 15 to 20 mins depending on your oven. It took me 18 mins to get to that lovely golden color.. then take some powdered sugar and sprinkle it on top for some extra flourish!