Friday 16 August 2013

Milk Chocolate Cookies

















If I could bottle the smell of these oat-y, coconut-y cookies as they baked and sell it, I'd be a rich woman.



Milk Chocolate Cookies
adapted from Gourmet Traveller
Makes 10

30g rolled oats
80g unsalted butter, room temperature
80g raw caster sugar
25g golden syrup
75g plain flour
40g desiccated coconut
150g milk chocolate, melted and cooled slightly

Preheat the oven to 160 degrees C. Line a baking sheet with baking paper.

Put the oats into a processor and blitz until they are a fine meal. Set aside.

In the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar for about 4 minutes, until pale and creamy.  Add the golden syrup and beat briefly. With the mixer on low speed, add the flour, coconut, and processed oats and mix until just combined.

Using a small ice cream scoop (or a teaspoon), scoop out teaspoon-size balls of dough, roll them into balls and place them on the prepared baking sheet. Leave about 5cm between them to give them room to spread. Press them lightly to flatten slightly.

Bake for about 15 minutes, until lightly golden and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Put the most of the melted chocolate into a piping bag (or zip-lock bag), snip a small hole in the end and pipe the chocolate onto the bases of half of the cookies. Place a cookie on top, sandwiching the chocolate. Put the remaining chocolate into another piping bag (or zip-lock bag) and snip a very small hole in it and drizzle it over the tops of the cookies.


14 comments:

  1. Love that these have a little coconut... love everything about these, actually!

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    1. The smell of coconut toasting is one of my all-time favourite smells... along with bacon frying.

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  2. Oh, these look too good! I would probably eat the whole box in one go:)

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    1. Should I tell you how many cookies were left after the photo shoot? May be not.

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  3. What exquisite cookies! Chocolate and coconut are such a tasty pairing! I'm sure my family would devour the entire batch in a day!

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    1. Hey Deb. You can double the quantities easily to make 20 cookies in total. I kept the quantities low because I, ahem... I mean my family, would devour the entire batch in a day!

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  4. These are beautiful and look like the perfect back to school snack. I love the photos!!!

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    1. Thanks Jessica. They are great for lunchbox treats. I slip one into my kids lunchboxes without them knowing so they are surprised at school... I sometimes do that to my husband too - he's the biggest kid in the house.

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  5. Oh, these look exactly like the cookies I want to see next to me coffee cup every afternoon forever.

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  6. If you could bottle that lovely aroma, I'd buy it! All of it! What a gorgeous cookie!

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    1. Thanks Maria. I think I'd put Chanel out of business if I marketed this stuff.

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  7. These have all of the best parts of an Anzac biscuit, but with extra chocolate. An absolute winner in my opinion! I adore chocolate sandwich cookies. When I was growing up I used to steal all of the Arnott's Kingstons out of the mixed packs at Sunday school (what a bad kid!). I eventually learned to share but... well, in the case of chocolate sandwich cookies, sharing is a little overrated ;) Love this recipe. LOVE it.

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    1. Thanks Laura. You and me both with the Arnott's Kingstons - looks like we were destined to meet.

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