Sunday, July 8, 2018

The Worst Cookies Ever

Prep Time 15 minutes
 Cook Time 10 minutes
 Total Time 25 minutes
 Servings 32 large cookies
 Calories 233 kcal
 Author Samantha Merritt

Ingredients

  • 1 cup unsalted butter melted and then cooled for at least 5 minutes* (226g)
  • 1 1/2 cups light brown sugarpacked (300g)
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar (100g)
  • 2 eggs room temperature preferred
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/4 cup maple syrup (60ml)
  • 3 1/4 cups all purpose flour (415g)
  • 2 teaspoon cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups chocolate chips I used half regular semisweet chips and half mini semisweet chips
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Instructions

  1. In large bowl, stir together melted butter and sugars.
  2. Add eggs, one at a time, stirring combined.
  3. Stir in vanilla extract and maple syrup.
  4. In separate bowl, whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
  5. Gradually add flour mixture to wet ingredients, stirring until completely combined.
  6. Stir in chocolate chips.
  7. Cover bowl with clear wrap and allow to chill for at least 30 minutes (chilling!? I told you, this recipe is the worst.)
  8. While the dough is chilling, preheat oven to 350F (175C) and prepare cookie sheets by lining with parchment paper.
  9. Scoop about 2-3 Tbsp of cookie dough and roll into balls, making them slightly taller than they are wide. Place them at least 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheet.
  10. Bake about 13 minutes (cookies will appear to be a bit underdone, but edges should be just beginning to turn golden brown).
  11. Allow cookies to cool completely on cookie sheet. If desired, gently press a few chocolate chips on top of the hot cookies.
  12. Keep unbaked cookie dough in fridge while waiting to put the next batch in the oven, and do not place cookie dough on a hot cookie sheet.

Recipe Notes

*You do not want your butter to be too hot or it may melt the sugar and you'll have a very runny dough. Best practice would be to cut the butter into about Tbsp-sized pieces, microwave in 10-second increments (stirring after each) until it is just completely melted, and then allow it to sit for 5 minutes.

Blueberry Coffecake

Yields 9
HEALTHIER OATMEAL STREUSEL BLUEBERRY BREAKFAST CAKE
Tender blueberry coffee cake with crunchy, oatmeal streusel topping. Healthy and delicious breakfast cake.
25 minPrep Time
35 minCook Time
1 hrTotal Time
Ingredients
    Blueberry Cake:
  • 1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour, divided
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 eggs, separated
  • 1/2 cup solid coconut oil (or butter or shortening)
  • 1 cup sugar
  • 1/3 cup almond milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 1/2 cups blueberries, washed
  • Oatmeal Streusel:
  • 1/4 cup raw rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/4 cup coconut oil, melted (or butter)
Instructions
  1. Grease an 8" X 8" square pan. Or line with parchment paper. Set aside.
  2. In a small mixing bowl, beat egg whites until stiff. Set aside.
  3. Measure 1 1/2 cups white whole wheat flour into a medium sized mixing bowl.
  4. Set aside 2 tablespoons of that flour. (To flour berries with later)
  5. Add baking powder and salt to the flour in the mixing bowl and stir well.
  6. In a separate mixing bowl, cream solid coconut oil together with sugar with an electric hand mixer.
  7. Mix in well beaten egg yolks.
  8. Add dry ingredients alternately with milk, beginning and ending with flour mixture.
  9. Flour berries with the remaining 2 tablespoons of flour. Set aside.
  10. Gently fold egg whites into the batter, then add vanilla and floured berries.
  11. Spoon batter into prepared pan.
  12. Separately, in small mixing bowl, stir together rolled oats, flour, brown sugar and melted coconut oil.
  13. Sprinkle streusel topping on of blueberry batter.
  14. Bake for 40 minutes at 350° or until golden and cake tester comes out clean when tested in the center.