M & Thousand Cookies; Meatless Monday


This ship service was meant to hold upward posted on Monday.The concluding Mon of 2014.Unfortunately, I could non larn to it.But I notwithstanding wishing it to hold upward dedicated to the wonderful squad at Meatless Monday, hither inward New York. I believe that they practise remarkable, rewarding work.A exceptional advert of Vanessa Protass together with Diana Rice, the wonderful ladies who made it possible for my Cornmeal Upma recipe to hold upward published inward their "The homecook breakfast book"sponsored by Earthbound Farms. That was my accomplishment inward 2014! I shall thence larn ahead together with label this ship service "Meatless Monday".




Which kid says no to cookies? None that I know of! Holiday flavor is incomplete without baked goodies! My kids are non likewise fond of cakes together with pies. But they dearest cookies. I ever brand their favorite chocolate chip cookies for them. My miss has been bespeak me to bake to a greater extent than or less M&M cookies for a spell now. Other twenty-four hours when my hubby was well-nigh to catch a pocketbook of M&M cookies, I told him, "don't bother;I volition bake a batch ". That gave me the necessary impetus to bake this batch. I convey also been important to endeavour this recipe that I came across that uses a piddling corn flour amongst the regular flour. I must tell the resultant was good. The cookies were dainty together with decadent amongst a sort of soft, cakey texture inward the middle.The soft texture is also due to the add-on of to a greater extent than baking pulverization than baking soda. The cookies ascension good together with don't spread equally much. Baking is such a science! Little combat of variation inward the rising agent, the type of flour used together with the type of saccharide used tin brand such a huge divergence in  the texture of the cookies. Anyways,the cookies were all gone inside a span of days! You tin detect the master copy recipe here.



Servings: makes 24 medium-sized cookies.


Ingredients:


Flour: two cups
Corn flour/corn starch :  two tsp
Baking powder: 1tsp
Baking soda:1/2 tsp
Salt: a pinch
Unsalted Butter/ kokosnoot oil: 1/2 loving cup or 1 stick
Flaxmeal: two tbsp  mixed inward six tbsp H2O ( or role two eggs)
Brown sugar: 1/3 cup
White sugar: 1/2 cup
Vanilla essence: 1 1/2 tsp
M&M candies : 1 cup
Chocolate chips: 1/2 cup

Method:


Mix Flaxmeal together with H2O together with proceed aside.

Cream the butter/oil  together with saccharide together. Add vanilla essence, baking powder, baking soda, salt, Flaxmeal together with H2O mixture together with mix well. Now add together the cornflour together with the flour piddling past times piddling until combined. Do non overmix!


Stir inward the M&Ms together with chocolate chips. Keep it inward the fridge for 1-2 hours.



Preheat the oven to 350 deg F or 180 deg C.

Line a baking tray amongst parchment newspaper together with proceed ready.

Use a spoon or H2O ice cream scoop together with identify pocket-size balls of equal size on the baking tray at to the lowest degree two inches apart.



Place the tray on the centre rack of the oven an bake for 10-12 minutes or until a toothpick comes out construct clean when inserted into the centre of the cookies.



Take the cookies out together with allow it cool downwardly on a cooling rack. Don't worry if the centre of the cookies seems a piddling soft. They harden upon cooking down.

Enjoy amongst a drinking glass of milk or simply similar that!



Store inward an airtight container. Stays fresh or upward to 1 week.

Happy Holidays!

Cooking made easy:


Keeping the cookie batter inward the fridge for at to the lowest degree an hour, keeps it from spreading upon baking.  If inward a hurry, proceed the cookie dough inward the freezer for 20-30 mins together with so bake.

Most cookie batters ( dough)can hold upward made ahead of fourth dimension ( read leisure) together with baked inward portions equally needed. This means yous tin convey freshly baked cookies inside 10 mins when your catch desires!! How cool is that!

Tip for salubrious living:


Store-bought cookies convey several ingredients that convey been added to growth the shelf-life of the cookies. When consumed inward excess, this  may convey a detrimental lawsuit on the wellness of the children. Also, shortening is frequently used instead of butter. Shortening has saturated fats together with i time again tin convey a deleterious lawsuit on our health. Hence it is best to swallow less processed locally made foods. Even better, larn inward at home. Remember, the longer the shelf-life of a nutrient product, the to a greater extent than processed it is!

Food for thought:


He who has health, has hope; together with he who has hope, has everything.Thomas Carlyle