Finally I’m done with my exams for this semester! 4 papers to be completed within a range of 6 days! Hope I didn’t keep you readers waiting for too long for anyone of our recipes to be up!! (:
Well, as said, we shop, we cook and we BAKE! So introducing my favourite of all time; Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies!
This was my first successful item since I started the journey of baking 4 years ago. It took me quite some time to get the right taste. At the same time, it became the favourite item of my boyfriend who will give me a smile whenever he sees it even though he might be tired or if I had irritated him. (: sounds fantastic isn’t it? You can decide the amount of chocolate chips you want to have, or even the amount of oats as well. Baking is a free & easy thing where you bake according to what you desire and feel that day.
If you are interested; have a go at it. ((:
Ingredients:
2 – 2.5 sticks of salted butter (a 250g of butter is divided into 4 sticks)
1/2 to 3/4 cup of brown sugar
1/4 to 1/2 cup of fine sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp of vanilla essence
1 tsp of baking soda/baking powder
1.25 – 1.5 cups of plain flour
1/2 tsp of salt (optional)
oats (according to your preference)
chocolate chips (accordingly to your preference)
Method:
1. Preheat your oven at 190C; beat butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla essence and mix well. Pour plain flour, baking soda/powder and salt to mixture and mix well. Add oats. Add chocolate chips.
2. Use teaspoons or tablespoons and roll the mixture into small balls of around 0.5 inch width in diameter and place them on greaseproof paper on your tray.
3. Bake for 8 – 9 minutes for chewy centred cookies, and 10 – 11 minutes for crispy cookies. Leave them to cool for a minute before removing them from the greaseproof paper (they are soft when taken out of oven immediately). Store in air tight container when they cool completely.
And you are done! Hmm, talking about it now, it makes me want to have another go at it this coming week for my boyfriend. He haven’t had it since Vday this year, and is very busy with work these days. This should do the job to cheer him up by a little! ((:
Have fun while baking! The most important thing to stay happy during the process of baking and put in your love in doing it! Leave a comment if you have any questions.
The next post should be posted by Nicole soon…be patient.
With love,
Jacinta
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