Hi Everyone!
I hope the New Year has been going well for you so far (yes all three days of it) I was thinking about what my first blog post of 2016 should be when I decided on cookies; tasty, easy and who doesn't love them?!
I like how these cookies don't flow out into the "perfect" circle so they have a nice homemade vibe about them. I also made mine quite small, using a mini ice-cream scoop, so they're perfect for snacking on. They also look pretty simple but taste amazing
So let's get started...
What you'll need to whip up a batch of cookies:
- 225g butter
- 140g caster sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 2tsp vanilla extract
- 250g plain flour
- 350g mini Smarties
- lined baking tray or two
- mini ice-cream scoop with 1.5" diameter
1. Preheat your oven to 190°C/ gas mark 5 and line your baking trays with silicone paper
2. Beat together the sugar and butter until light and fluffy
3. Mix the egg yolk and vanilla together in a separate cup/ bowl until just combined
4. Add the egg mixture to the butter and sugar and mix again
5. Pop in the flour and mix until a dough starts to form
6. Just as the dough is beginning to form add the mini Smarties and mix on a light speed to avoid breaking them
7. Once you have the cookie dough made, you can take your mini ice-cream scoop, scoop out a dough ball, slightly flatten it and place it onto the tray.
If you don't have a mini ice-cream scoop, the equivalent would be three teaspoons/ 15grams.
If you don't want to make the cookies quite so bite-sized, you could use a normal-sized ice cream scoop or just take a tablespoon and eyeball how big you want the cookies to be
8. Bake the cookies for 12-15mins, because of the size of mine I checked them at 10mins.
For me, with the size of cookies I made, I got 40 cookies from the recipe
9. Remove from the oven, let cool for a bit and then stuff your face with their goodness!
Thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed this post and I'll see you again next week :)
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