Hey hey, I'm back from my weekend camping feeling very chilled & ready to bake some more! We had fab weather in the New Forest & amazingly the campsite sold bags of ice, so panic over, there was no problem keeping the Rose chilled. We did go horse riding & yes I did announce to the rather confused group, 'I'm on a horse!' It seems getting off a horse is harder than getting on though & I performed the most ungraceful dismount, catching my back leg on the saddle & pretty much coming off head first. It's ok, I don't think anyone noticed! I also didn't realise there were wild ponies in the forest? It's a bit odd how they just roam around the place, one came right up to us & practically sat on our picnic blanket, we did offer him a beer but he wasn't that interested & wandered off again. I did enjoy camping & had a lovely time, but I admit I was happy to be back in my bed!So next week marks a milestone for the blog, I hit the half way point in the baking challenge. It's been a lot of fun baking & writing each week, as well of course being able to share the fruits of my labour. I've had such lovely support & encouragement from everyone, I wanted to do something to say thank you. So this Friday I'm hosting the first ever Rebecca Bakes Cakes tea party! I have a special 1/2 birthday cake planned, as well as lots of other sweet treats & probably not an insignificant quantity of Pimms. If you're in the area let me know, pop in & say hi! Full report next week...
So on to this weeks recipe & it's something I've created for a competition that's running on mydish.co.uk The challenge is to create a recipe using Maltesers. Now putting them in cookies may not seem like the most creative use of Maltesers, but I've never come across it before & to be honest it was a bit of a gamble as I didn't know how they'd hold up in the oven? Simple, but effective I think!
55g butter
120g soft brown sugar
1 egg
Few drops of vanilla essence
140g plain flour
1/2tsp bicarbonate of soda
135g Maltesers (bashed up a bit!)
1. Cream together the butter & sugar, then beat in the egg & vanilla essence
2. Stir in the flour & bicarb, then finally the Maltesers. Spoon dollops of the mixture onto a baking tray, leaving space for them to spread, I got 12 cookies from a batch. Bake in the oven at 180c/GM5 for 12-15 minutes. Leave to cool on a wire rack
I'm quite chuffed with the outcome, the Maltesers go even crunchier in the oven, so you get a delicious cookie with little bites of malty loveliness! I think to make them even better, next time I'd also add a handful of mini marshmallows. The competition closes at the end of the month so we'll have to wait & see how my cookies compare?
Ooo...before I forget, does anyone know where I can find Marshmallow Fluff in London? I'm desperate to try Whoopie Pies, but this is a vital ingredient I'm missing. Well time to say goodbye for another week, take care, Rebecca x
Love the sound of your malteser cookies...will be trying them at the weekend! Funnily enough I spotted Marshmallow Fluff twice today- TKMaxx £1.99 and Fenwicks,(Newcastle...but I think there's one in London too!) Good luck in your hunt!
ReplyDeleteThanks, hope you like them! I really miss Fenwicks food hall, (I'm originally from the North East!), London branch doesn't have one :-( But thanks for the TKMaxx tip, will try my local!
ReplyDeleteSelfridges have it, and in different flavours too!
ReplyDeleteOr try online, for example:
www.cybercandy.com
www.marshmallowfluff.com
Looking forward to hearing how you get on with the whoopie pies. I have been thinking trying them out too...and Bundt cakes, although I think I am going to use a normal cake tin to save further investment and space in my kitchen. It kind of misses the point though, as the name refers to the shape!
You are so not good for my diet- but who cares some things are just too good to miss out on...I did the "I'm on a horse" thing the other night and MrP didn't get it, I was so disappointed Jx
ReplyDeletethere is fluff in the brent cross fenwicks in the toy department!
ReplyDeleteThe idea to make malteser cookies popped into my head a few days ago, so I bought a packet, googled for a recipe and decided on this one! They are delicious!! Will definitely be making them again. Although next time I'll double the dose.
ReplyDeleteJust tired these cookies tonight - my friends daughter wanted to come around to bake and i had a bag of Maltesers in the cupboard so looked for specific recipes - yours came up in my search.
ReplyDeleteHave to say we did a double quantity recipe but I had no bicarb in the cupboard so used baking powder instead.
They were perfect - will definitely make these again and my friend wants my recipe! Told her it was of the internet so won't take all the credit!
Thanks
Margaret
these were delicious and very easy. Even managed to still have the nice soft centre which I haven't acheived with other attempts at cookies. I'd recommend not breaking up the maltesers if using a food mixer as my maltrsers got too broken up and much nicer when there are big chunks and the mixer will break them up for you.
ReplyDeleteThese sound lovely! You can order marshmallow fluff online at sainsburys!
ReplyDeleteJust found this recipe- about to give it a go! x
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