My girls love helping out in the kitchen. Who won't want to help out, when you get a chance to lick the bowl once everything is finished! Baking is a great way to spend quality time with the kids and also get them involved in learning how to cook.
This one is Nigella's recipe, straight out of her book, Nigella's express. I made a little adjustment as I had regular brown sugar crystals not the powder form and I found the batter a bit too thick so I added a bit of oil to compensate.
Baking more often and with my kids is something I plan on doing more often so you may see a lot more recipes up on the blog. However to me baking is a science, so I don't plan to mess around too much with a recipe, just tweaking it slightly with a few additions here and there. So I will share ones that I have tried and tested and that in my opinion pass the test! Most of them won't be mine however, just ones I highly recommend you try and more importantly that are easy to make!
These were so good, that the kids wanted to take them in to give their teachers, more so, so they could brag that they helped make them, I think..
Ingredients:
100gms butter brought to room temperature
150gms of powdered brown sugar
1 tsp of vanilla essence
1 egg
150gms of flour
35gms of cocoa powder (cadbury's)
1/2 tsp of baking powder
200gms of chocolate chips
2 tbsps of oil
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Use a hand mixer to cream the butter and sugar. Add the vanilla essence and egg.
In another bowl, mix the dry ingredients together, i.e the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder. Add gradually into the butter mixture. Once nicely incorporated, fold in by hand the chocolate chips.
Using a tablespoon, scoop out the dough and place on a flat baking sheet that has been lined with parchment paper. Leave space between the cookies as they will almost double in size.
Bake for 12 minutes and remove from the oven. Let them sit for a few minutes on the tray and then move to a cooling wire rack.
This one is Nigella's recipe, straight out of her book, Nigella's express. I made a little adjustment as I had regular brown sugar crystals not the powder form and I found the batter a bit too thick so I added a bit of oil to compensate.
Baking more often and with my kids is something I plan on doing more often so you may see a lot more recipes up on the blog. However to me baking is a science, so I don't plan to mess around too much with a recipe, just tweaking it slightly with a few additions here and there. So I will share ones that I have tried and tested and that in my opinion pass the test! Most of them won't be mine however, just ones I highly recommend you try and more importantly that are easy to make!
These were so good, that the kids wanted to take them in to give their teachers, more so, so they could brag that they helped make them, I think..
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| chocolate chip cookies |
Ingredients:
100gms butter brought to room temperature
150gms of powdered brown sugar
1 tsp of vanilla essence
1 egg
150gms of flour
35gms of cocoa powder (cadbury's)
1/2 tsp of baking powder
200gms of chocolate chips
2 tbsps of oil
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| Chocolate chip cookies |
Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius. Use a hand mixer to cream the butter and sugar. Add the vanilla essence and egg.
In another bowl, mix the dry ingredients together, i.e the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder. Add gradually into the butter mixture. Once nicely incorporated, fold in by hand the chocolate chips.
Using a tablespoon, scoop out the dough and place on a flat baking sheet that has been lined with parchment paper. Leave space between the cookies as they will almost double in size.
Bake for 12 minutes and remove from the oven. Let them sit for a few minutes on the tray and then move to a cooling wire rack.
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