Monday, June 25, 2012

Today...COOKIES! :D

Oh yes!  can you believe it? :D I 've made cookies! and THEY WERE BEAUTIFUL!! As beautiful as purchased cookies ^^
Today was a friend's birthday, so I decided to make a yummy present for him :)
I leave you here the recipe for 2 baking sheets of cookies, so you can see how delicious they are :) :



  • 1 1/4 cups all-purpose flour (about 5 1/2 ounces)
  • 1 cup regular oats
  • 3/4 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 3/4 cup granulated sugar 
  • 1/4 cup packed brown sugar (BE careful with brown sugar, it isn´t really cheap :S )
  • 1/4 cup butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • large egg
  • 1/4 cup chopped pecans (I used walnuts, so you can use any type of nuts), toasted
  • 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips
  • You need for prepare:
  • 2 baking sheets covered with greaseproof paper or any kind of fat
  • 1 large bowl
  • 1 mixer with two kind of blenders ( the normal and the screw-shaped one)
  • 1 oven  (of course!! :D )
  • 1.-Beat  sugars, salt, egg, vanilla and butter  together  in a large bowl with a mixer until well mixed ( double word! ^^ ). 
  • 2.-Add oats.
  • 3.- Sieve flour with backing powder and backing soda. 
  • 4.-Beat all together with the screw-shaped blade of the mixer until well blended. 
  • 5.-Add chocolate chips and nuts and mix all one more time.
  • NOW IT'S TIME TO SHAPE UP OUR CREATION!! :D 
  • 6.-Preheat oven to 350ºF or 180ºC
  • 7.-Grab a tablespoon and take dough until spoon is covered (not protrude upward).Press de dough a little with the palm and place on backing sheet and repaet the process until  one backing sheet is finished, then put in oven. While the cookies are baking ( around 12 minutes, until cookies are browned) prepare the other baking sheet.
  • 8.-When the firts baking sheet is finished take it off and DONT TOUCH THEM!  let them be cold. Put in the other one, and  wait until cookies are finished and let them be cold.
  • 9.-Now, the most important step , int's time to enjoy!! But be carefull, its prefarebla to eat less cookies and  preserve your build. :)
Wish you like the recipe, 
a bear hug from me :)

1 comment:

  1. They are really tasty and CRUNCHY, so I enjoyed them, my best congratulations!

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