Wednesday 21 March 2018

Cornflakes Chocolate Chip Cookies


These are the best cookies I have baked so far. They came about when I baked Cranberry Oatmeal Cookies and wanted to use up the other half block of butter.

Since I still had some cornflakes in the pantry and milk chocolate chips in the fridge, I decided to try out these Cornflakes Chocolate Chip Cookies. I figured that chocolate chip cookies would taste awesome coated with cornflakes (as with most cookies).


After mixing the chocolate chips into the dough, I still had about 1/2 cup of chocolate chips leftover. That's when I decided to press them onto the dough and I thought the cookies looked rather cute.


Once the first batch was baked and cooled, I took one to sample. Oh la...la...la...la.... so nice lah! The cookies were so crunchy and buttery and chocolaty. Gorgeous!

I couldn't stop eating.


This is not good for my waistline but at that point I simply did not care. Crunch...crunch...crunch.....


I prefer to use semi-sweet chocolate chips as milk chocolate chips tend to melt in our hot weather. When I did the decorating, it was not too bad as I had kept the chocolate chips in the fridge and they were nice and firm.

But as time went by, they started getting soft and gooey. But it was OK since I was already making the last 3 or 4 cookies. The thing is, milk chocolate chips taste nicer and richer, which obviously, I love.

As with baking, when you are nearing the end of your last batch, either you end up with not enough ingredients or you have quite a bit leftover. So. My second batch of cookies were studded with more than 3 chocolate chips and the last one had only one.


I would say that these cookies made me very happy and I know that I must bake them again. So I have me two canisters of cookies in the fridge, to keep them fresh and crunchy, a method I learnt from a blogger friend. 


So please go ahead and bake these and by all means, double the recipe!

Cornflakes Chocolate Chip Cookies
Recipe source : Phong Hong

Ingredients :
- 110g butter
- 50g caster sugar
- 1/2 a beaten egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 110g self-raising flour
- 1/2 cup chocolate chips + 1/2 cup for decoration
- 2 cups cornflakes, crushed (not too fine)

Method :
1. In a mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar until creamy.
2. Add beaten egg and vanilla extract and continue to cream until well mixed.
3. Add flour and fold to form a dough.
4. Fold in 1/2 cup chocolate chips
5. Using two teaspoons, drop a teaspoon of dough into the crushed cornflakes. Coat the dough with cornflakes and using your hand form the dough into a ball.
6. Press a few chocolate chips onto the dough ball and place  dough on a lined baking tray.
7. Bake at 160C for 20 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.
8. Remove pan from the oven and let cool for 5 minutes.
9. Transfer cookies onto a cooling rack to cool completely before storing in an airtight container.

24 comments:

  1. Share with me lah, then you won't have to worry about waistline... Lol...

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    1. I think she prefers to be fat than to share with you or me. Ha ha

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  2. Since you mention u must bake again, when will u bake again? I will arrange with TM to pay you a visit... Haha...

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    1. If I ever get the chance to visit her, the sun will rise from the West.

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  3. The best, eh? They sure look good!

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  4. wah! delicious cookies again! I think I would have to send you my mailing address to try my luck behind TM and Sharon of Singapore.

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    1. I think my chances of striking MAGNUM's 4D - 1st Prize is better than getting just a cookie from her. Haiks!

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  5. Chocolate chips are good enough for me. Cornflakes? Gosh. That double goodness to me. My kids would love this cookie.

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    1. Your kids will definitely love these cookies :)

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  6. It's calling for me. Hahaha

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  7. these do look deeeeeelicious ... who needs famous amos when you can bake like this, heheh! :D

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    1. hee...hee... Every time I pass by Famous Amos, I just take in a deep breath. Never bought any :)

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  8. Lovely! My sons would be delighted!

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  9. That time i was thinking of chocolate chips cookies when i saw your other cookies and here you are baking them, you can read my mind is it? Lol.

    So can you read and guess what i am thinking next? Lol

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  10. Phong Hong, your cookies are the BEST! These Chocolate Chip cookies are 'double chips' and corn flake crunchy goodness, how can anyone resist them? So addictive and super yummy!

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    1. Oh, Elisabeth! You are always sooo generous with your compliments and I love it! hah..hah... These cookies are winners. I still can't get over them.

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  11. You are really on a cookie roll. We used to make a Honey Jumbles with cornflakes - not quite a biscuit but more of a sweet snack in a cupcake wrapper.

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    1. I am hah..hah... but am taking a break from cookies baking and the pants are getting tight! I think I know what Honey Jumbles are and I should make those too!

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  12. Phong Hong, wow! Amazing bake, so long I didn't bake,because I scare of taking in carbs. But, your chocolate chips cookies look so sinfully delicious. I still lots of chocolate chips to clear, I may try baking this, or you have healthier or less fattening recipe, mind sharing with me?

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    1. Hi Yannie! I am afraid all my cookie recipes are fattening. LOL! Just make a small batch and share with your hubby and your girls. That way you won't eat too much.

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