Chocolate Cookies
January 30th, 2010.
Categories: All, Baked, Dessert, Lacto Ovo, Vegetarian
Not sure if you have received this hoax email before, which story centered around a freely distributed RM250 Famous Amos Chocolate Cookie Recipe?
I got that a while ago, ignored. But received again from Piggy last year, saying that her sister baked it successfully and is quite delicious, except that it is the chewy type, which can disappoint some who expect it to be crispy.
I waited a year to bake it!! CNY is nearby, and I thought maybe I should bake it for CNY!
It is not an easy task. I don’t think I will repeat this in a short while. The part about grating the chocolate bar is killing me. And then, have to roll the dough into tiny pieces… With the small oven we usually have at home (i.e. not commercial), it is so slow. Every tray can only carry that many pieces only, have to leave space for the biscuit to expand. I think it yielded about 100 tiny pcs or so, didn’t really count it. Tedious, tired, sweaty…
Anyway, my kids loved it so much. I think before CNY the cookies are going to be gone!
Here is the recipe. I reduced the sugar by half, and still think it is quite sweet. Can’t imagine how people eat with the original recipe!!
‘FAMOUS AMOS’ CHOCOLATE COOKIES RECIPE
Ingredients
1 bar butter
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
2 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
2 cups flour
2 1/2 cups oatmeal, blended to powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. baking powder
340g chocolate chips
250g Chocolate bar, grated
100g nuts (your choice), chopped
Method
1. Preheat oven at 190C
2. Cream the butter and both sugars
3. Add eggs and vanilla, mix evenly
4. Fold in flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda.
5. Add chocolate chips, grated chocolate bar and nuts. Mix well (I used my hands in a food grade plastic bag, as it is too thick for my mixer).
6. Roll into small balls (around 1 inch in diameter) and place two inches apart on a cookie sheet/tray.
7. Bake for 10 minutes at 190 C.
When the cookies are removed, they are soft. But when left cool, it will harden up and become slightly crisp outside (but chewy inside).
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January 30th, 2010 22:31
Update: OMG! Just brought some to MIL’s place. Everyone said very nice, and they thought it is “like the Famous Amos cookies”. It was finished within seconds. I was asked to bake more. Looking at the demand and popularity of it, I might make another batch next week!!
February 2nd, 2010 13:38
Suzette… is this the ori recipe or is the sugar content reduced d?
February 2nd, 2010 22:46
Sue: This recipe is with the sugar reduced by half. It is exactly how I baked it.
Very yummy!!
February 7th, 2010 19:36
Sue: I am so so so sorry!! I made a mistake. When I baked the cookies again today, only I realized that I haven’t reduced the sugar by half in this recipe, and have just corrected it. It should be 1/2 cup granulated and 1/2 cup brown sugar. So in total 1 cup. The original recipe called for 1 cup each. I nearly put that much when I repeated it today. I hope you have not tried baking this!!!