Giant Milo Nuggets and Chocolate Chip Cookies

I wanted some giant cookies to serve with my Milo Ice Cream. This was of course inspired by the sundae I had at Every Sundae. Previously I used to think that baking giant cookies was madness. I mean, who eats a cookie that is as big as their face?

Obviously I was not going to bake a whole batch of giant cookies, so I only made four and the rest I made in regular sizes.

The giant cookies are studded with chocolate chips because I stuck extra chocolate chips to the batter.

The rest of the chocolate chips were mixed into the batter together with crushed Milo Nuggets. Perhaps I should have put more chocolate chips.

To give you an idea how big my giant cookies are (actually they are not that shockingly big hah..hah...), I snapped a picture of a big cookie with a 20 sen coin.

Or better still, compare it to a regular sized cookie.

For these cookies, I did not chill the dough because I wanted crispy and crunchy cookies. I noted that chilled cookie dough produces a chewy cookie even though I bake them for a longer time. They are crispy when warm but go soft once cooled. I do not like chewy cookies.

Sure enough these cookies, baked immediately after the cookie dough was prepared, turned out very crunchy. And they stayed crunchy even after they were cooled. But of course if you prefer chewy cookies, you could either chill the dough first or bake the cookie for a shorter time.

This recipe was adapted from the Malted Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe. I swapped the malted milk powder (Horlicks) with Milo and in addition to that, I added crushed Milo Nuggets. This is the first time I tried Milo Nuggets and I like them a lot!

To make the giant cookies, I used a regular ice cream scoop to scoop the dough. Then I baked them longer, about 26 minutes. The regular sized ones, I used a small ice cream scoop and baked them for about 20 minutes.

I don't think I will be baking giant cookies again though hah..hah... It was interesting to bake such huge cookies and I can now appreciate how useful they are for serving ice cream :)

Giant Milo Nuggets and Chocolate Chip Cookies

Recipe source : Adapted from here

Ingredients
- 250g salted butter, softened
- 100g fine granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 240g self-raising flour
- 1/2 cup Milo Powder
- 1 packet Milo Nuggets, crushed (90g)

- 1 cup chocolate chips and extra for studding the cookie dough

Method :

1. Preheat oven to 160C

2. Sift flour and Milo powder together and set aside (any hard residue that can't get through the sieve, add to the flour mixture)
2. Cream butter and sugar until soft and fluffy.

3.  Add egg and vanilla and beat until combined.
3. Fold in the flour/Milo until well combined.
4. Add chocolate chips and crushed Milo Nuggets and stir in gently.
5. To make giant cookies, use a regular ice cream scoop to scoop the batter. Then put chocolate chips on the cookies dough, pressing in slightly.

6. Bake for about 25 minutes for crispy cookies (less for chewy cookies)

7. For regular sized cookies, use a smaller ice cream scoop or use teaspoons to form the batter. Bake for about 18 minutes for crispy cookies (less for chewy).

8. Allow to cool completely, and store in air tight containers.

This post is linked to the event, Little Thumbs Up organised by Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids and Doreen of My Little Favourite DIY and hosted by Zoe of Bake with Happy Kids.