Another lockdown which means another bake... So here's another cookie recipe...
First bake of the year and post with a new phone which means a fancy new camera!
Wanted to try something new and a bit different so these are Fruit and Fibre Cereal Cookies. Yep fruit and fibre cereal in the cookies! I've seen cornflake cookies online so thought why not try it with a different cereal as it has bran flakes, banana chips, coconut shavings, sultanas and hazelnuts. They all work in cookies so why not give it a try. Didn't quite work out how I thought they would but they're edible so if you want to give it a try here's how...
Ingredients:
112g Unsalted Butter
(Half a block of butter at room temperature, taken out the night before)
90g Caster Sugar
100g Soft Brown Sugar
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla Extract
158g Plain Flour
1 tsp Baking Powder
1 tsp Bicarbonate of Soda
¼ tsp Salt
100g Fruit and Fibre Cereal
(Finely crushed with your hands)
Utensils:
Mixing Bowl
Electric Whisk
Wooden Spoon
Measuring Spoons
Scales
2 Smaller Bowls
Fork
Sieve
2 Baking Trays
Baking Paper
Oven 180°C
Baking Time: 8 - 10 Minutes
Method:
Mix the butter with the 2 sugars until it turns pale and creamy.
That is how it should look but I forgot to take my butter out the fridge the night before so it was only out for about 3/4 hours before I needed to use it and because it's cold it didn't real soften. So you don't want it to be like this...
It just never went creamy as the butter was still cold.
In a small bowl beat your egg and vanilla extract.
Pour it into you mixture and whisk again until it is well combined.
Sieve your flour, baking powder, bicarb of soda and salt into your mixture.
You no longer need the electric whisk.
Mix your dough with the wooden spoon.
Once the dry ingredients have been mixed in add your crushed cereal and mix.
Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes. Then leave on the tray for 5 minutes before transferring onto a wire rack to completely cool.
Mine spread loads as the butter was melting as I was handling it. I should have chilled the dough in the fridge for a bit before baking it.
I accidentally put too much sugar in it and it's super sweet so I've lowered the amount of sugar in the recipe. This is the good thing with baking you do learn as you go along so next time they will be a lot better!
