Work Catering #48: Addictive Cookies!!!

I don't know what the winning combination is or the secret ingredient but these cookies are SO ADDICTIVE! you CAN'T just stop at one! They have a lovely soft texture and are packed with chocolate chips!

The seminar at work was actually cancelled last minute so I had ALL these cookies left!!! Shared them with my colleagues and friends though! Had to.. otherwise I would have eaten them ALL!! XD

Double Chocolate Chip Swirl Cookies
Recipe adapted from Sally's baking addiction

Ingredients

Chocolate White chocolate Cookie dough
1/2 cup (115g) unsalted butter, softened to room temp
1/2 cup (100g) caster sugar
1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla essence
125g plain flour
57g cocoa powder
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbs milk
200g (1 cup + 2 tbs) white chocolate chips

Chocolate Chip Cookie dough
3/4 cup (170g) unsalted butter, softened to room temp
3/4 cup (150g) brown sugar
1/4 cup (50g) caster sugar
1 large egg
2 tsp vanilla essence
250g plain flour
2 tsp cornstarch
1 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
200g dark chocolate chips

1. Make the chocolate white chocolate chip cookie dough by creaming the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
2. Beat in egg and vanilla on high speed until combined.
3. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt. Slowly mix it into the wet ingredients on low speed. The dough will be thick. Mix in the milk until combined then fold in white chocolate chips.
4. Make the chocolate chip cookie dough by creaming the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
5. Beat in egg and vanilla on high speed until combined.
6. In a separate bowl, combine flour, cornstarch, baking powder and salt. Slowly mix it into the wet ingredients on low speed. The dough will be thick. Fold in chocolate chips.
7. Cover both cookie doughs with foil and chill for at least 2 hour or up to 3 days.
8. Preheat oven to 180oC and line baking trays with baking paper. Roll 1 teaspoon of chocolate cookie dough into a ball. Roll 1 teaspoon of chocolate chip cookie dough into a ball. Press the two balls together and roll them into one large ball and place on lined baking tray. Repeat for each cookie.
9. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes. Press a few extra chocolate chips into each cookie.

The other cookie that I made were these coco pops chocolate chip cookies. They are essentially a chocolate chip cookie with a nutella filling and coated in coco pops. They tasted SOOO GOOD when they came out of the oven because the coco pops had this crunch.. however the next day it was a little soft and stale =/ so recommended to eat fresh from the oven ^^"

Coco Pops Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe adapted from Coles catalogue

Ingredients
150g butter, softened at room temperature
1/3 cup (73g) brown sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup condensed milk
2 cups (300g) self raising flour
250g chocolate chips
3 cups coco pops
1/2 cup nutella

1. Preheat oven to 180oC and line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
2. Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.
3. Add egg and condensed milk and continue to beat until well combined.
4. Stir in flour and chocolate chips.
5. Roll teaspoons of dough into balls and coat in coco pops. Place on baking tray, make a small indent and fill with nutella.
6. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until golden brown.

super crunchy cookies!

Just like a chocolate milkshake, only crunchy.. and a cookie =p hehe

Pretty Pandan Pannacotta

This dessert was for a dinner "party" at my friend's house. She was cooking the mains and I was going to bring dessert. The theme was "asian" so I decided to go for a Malaysian/thai inspired pannacotta. The week before I had tried this AWESOME crepe cake at a Thai restaurant! It was a thai milk tea crepe cake with coconut icecream.. so good!!!

this was the cake! from Jinda Thai~ photo credit to Cut to the cheese

Pandan Pannacotta with Lychee jelly and Coconut cream

Ingredients
Pannacotta
2 cups coconut milk
1 cup thickened cream
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
4 tsp powdered gelatin
1/4 cup boiling water
1 tbs pandan essence
1 tsp pandan paste

Lychee jelly
450ml tin lychees
1 packet (85g) create-a-jelly (Aeroplane jelly brand)

Shredded coconut

1. Place cream, coconut milk and condensed milk in saucepan over medium heat. Stir till all combined.
2. Add 4 tbs boiling water to gelatin in small bowl and mix to form a gel. Add gelatin mix into cream mixture and stir till gelatin dissolved.
3. Reserve 1 cup of coconut mixture. Add pandan essence and paste into saucepan and stir until combined. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
4. Pour into jug and pour into plastic glasses (~1/2 full). Drain canned lychees (reserving 200ml lychee juice) and cut each in half. Place 3 lychee halves into each glass and refrigerate for around 1 hour or until set.
5. Empty jelly powder into separate jug, and add 1 cup (250ml) boiling water. Stir and dissolve well. 
6. Add 200ml of lychee juice and stir well. Remove pannacotta from fridge (once set) and pour lychee jelly into each shot glass. Return back to fridge and allow to set.
7. Pour a layer of reserved coconut mixture into each glass.
7. Place shredded coconut on lined baking tray. Bake for around 10 minutes at 200oC or until toasted. Sprinkle coconut onto pannacotta and serve.

3 layered glass dessert :)

Everyone enjoyed the dessert (YAY!) only had a little problem with getting the pannacotta out of the stem of the glass =_=" haha! Pannacotta is really simple to make!! Especially if you do cheats version and leave it in the glass/bowl ^^"

Cinnamon Swirl Banana Bread~

Feel like some banana bread? Sometimes I have random cravings.. and hoping my bananas will quickly ripen! This is a delicious banana bread with a twist~ or should I say "swirl" hahha! Super quick and super easy :D

Cinnamon Swirl Banana bread

Recipe adapted from Sally's Baking Addiction

Ingredients

Banana bread

2 cups (250g) plain flour

3/4 tsp bicarb soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 tsp ground cinnamon

1/2 cup (100g) brown sugar

60g unsalted butter, softened at room temperature

2 large eggs

1 1/2 cups ripe banana, mashed (about 3 bananas)

1/3g (80g) plain/vanilla yoghurt

1 tsp vanilla essence

Cinnamon Swirl

1/4 cup (50g) caster sugar

1 tsp ground cinnamon

Simple Glaze

1/2 cup (60g) soft icing sugar

1 tbs heavy cream

Chopped walnuts (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 180oC. Grease and line a loaf pan.

2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, bicarb soda, salt and cinnamon.

3. In a separate large bowl beat the brown sugar and butter on medium speed until well blended. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Stir in mashed banana, yoghurt and vanilla. Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix with a wooden spoon - do not overmix. Batter will be thick.

4. Spoon half batter into prepared loaf pan. Sprinkle with cinnamon-sugar swirl ingredients. Top with remaining batter. Bake for 40-45 minutes or until skewer inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool in the pan for 15 minutes then remove and allow to cool completely on wire rack.

5. Make glaze by combining icing sugar and heavy cream. Add more icing sugar if needed to reach desired consistency. Drizzle over banana bread and top with some chopped walnuts (optional).

my not so cinnamon "swirl"

This banana bread is super moist! and the glaze gives it a nice sweetness :D