I’ve not baked in a while (it’s definitely a winter
thing!) but I got these Malibu chocolates for Christmas, which needed eating
up. I never really eat chocolate anyway, let along during the summer, so I
thought what better way to use them up than to bake. After all I love Malibu
and I love cookies!
I took this recipe from one of my favourite childhood
recipe books – Usborne Farmyard Tales
Children’s Cookbook – obviously adapting it slightly.
This recipe makes 12, although I made 13 and you will
need:
·
100g caster sugar
·
100g butter (at room temperature)
·
1 egg
·
½ tsp vanilla essence
·
175g plain flour
I added 10 Malibu chocolates, which I based with a
rolling pin in a sandwich bag.
Alternatively, use 150g milk chocolate drops and 100ml
Malibu.
To bake:
·
Cream the butter and sugar in a large bowl
·
In a small bowl, break and beat the egg and
add the vanilla essence
·
Add to the mixture and sift in the flour,
stirring until soft
·
Add the Malibu chocolates (or Malibu and
chocolate chips) and stir in
·
Put a tablespoon of mixture on a baking tray,
flattening each with the back of
spoon/fork
·
Sprinkle a teaspoon of desiccated coconut on
each and push into the mixture
·
Bake in the oven (gas mark 4) for 15-20
minutes or until golden brown
·
Leave to cool on a wire rack and store in an
air-tight container – eat within five days
Even for a first attempt, I wasn’t really happy with how these turned out. The texture resembled cut-out biscuits, as opposed to cookies. However, they were a hit with my family so I’ll definitely be trying them out again!
Will you be trying these out? What’s your favourite
combination?
They sound amazing!! x
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