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!!!
April 3rd, 2010 01:31
Hi!
First of all, your site is very neat with pictures following every recipe that makes me drool, seriously!!
2ndly, I”ve tried this and it is awfully sweet even with the sugar reduced by half. After taking a few bites, i became really nauseous. If i should make this again or anyone wishes to try, i suggest omitting the granulated sugar totally or reduce it to a quarter. oh, and the temperature should be One Hundred and Ninety five degrees(195) Celsius to make the cookie crumble properly in the middle.
last note: add the choc chips just right before you bake so it doesn’t totally melt into the batter.
regards,
max
April 5th, 2010 11:26
Cookies looked great,how’s the texture? Crispy outside, chewy inside??or just crunchy throughout? ^^
April 7th, 2010 15:34
I made it last weekend it was such a success!Yeah..the 1 cup sugars is already quite sweet..should reduce again.
April 13th, 2010 12:19
Max: Thanks for dropping by and left a comment here. Ya, I really don’t know how people could eat the original recipe, with so much sugar in it! And thanks for the tips on the temperature. Ya, I do notice many cookies recipes call for 195, and now after you explain, that could be the reason why the center is not crisp with the original temperature! Cheers for that!
Starry: If you follow the recipe, it gives you the crunchy outside but chewy inside texture. But Max has suggested to increase the temperature so that we get the crunchy texture throughout.
Jude: Looks like you are really into baking now. LOL! All the best in all your trials!
April 13th, 2010 14:02
yeah!I am..and waiting for your new recipes!
July 18th, 2010 13:06
I tried this cookies today and it turn out so well! I just add extra sugar bcase my family really have sweet tooth and I add half cup of dry coconut. It is soooooo crispy and I can’t stop eating it!
It so delicious, and owh I forgot, last night I tried ur japanese light cheesecake recipe and my family love it.
July 23rd, 2010 08:00
Azura, I am so happy to hear that! I will share a recipe on a very easy-to-bake yet delicious chocolate cake later.
July 29th, 2010 14:48
Hi Suzette, I tried your recipe yesterday and it turn out really well! Thanks for sharing. Will definitely come back here for more recipes!
August 17th, 2010 01:06
Hi,
I’m going to try baking this tomorrow! My first time actually and I’m excited!
I was just wondering, what chocolate chips/bar do you use? Where can I get it? I don’t mind spending extra money on something really good.
Thank you for the recipe!
August 17th, 2010 16:47
Neems: You can get the chocolates from any cake ingredient shops. Depending on where you live, I can’t say exactly where you can get it. Alternatively, you can still get from super/hypermarkets, though it would be more expensive.
August 29th, 2010 14:00
Hi sis, what flour did you use? btw the pic of the cookies looked yummy!!
August 29th, 2010 16:10
Ofilia: just normal plain flour, or medium protein flour.
September 1st, 2010 12:23
i m so excited to try. I m baking for hari raya. Thanks for sharing suzette..