OMG, coooookiiiiies!

**August Girl** · 03-02-2009, 08:34pm

I just made some fantastic cookies after cherryfizz posted the link on Twitter. I added hazlenuts to mine as well and they are just gorgeous.

Hugh Fearnly-Thingys Choc Chip Cookies

**Pancake01** · 03-02-2009, 08:38pm

I've just discovered the best shortbread recipe in the world too. They are SO good.

Pistachio and almond shortbreads

Mint tea and some sort of sugary Lebanese pastry has long been a habit of mine, but rarely at home. Making those dry, crumbly shortbreads in your own kitchen is a revelation. Warm from the oven, they have a deep nuttiness to them that rarely comes through in shop-bought pastries. Tender and crumbly if eaten soon after baking (and when I think they are at their humble best), they will nevertheless also keep for a week or so in an airtight container, taking on a more typical dryness as they age. Makes about 10
butter - 170g
golden caster sugar - 100g
shelled pistachio nuts - 50g
ground almonds - 50g
plain flour - 200g
icing sugar
Set the oven at 160°C/gas 3.
Cream the butter and sugar together till light and fluffy (I recommend the food mixer with a beater attachment).
Meanwhile, reduce the pistachios to a fine powder and mix them with the ground almonds. Stir the nuts and the flour into the butter and sugar mixture. Stir until thoroughly mixed. I sometimes knead the mixture a little to mix it fully. Take generously heaped tablespoons of the mixture and roll them into large balls. You should get about 8-10. Place them on a non-stick baking sheet. Flatten each one slightly with a fork. (I sometimes use an old shortbread mould for this.)
Bake for about 25 minutes until the biscuits are barely coloured. Remove from the oven and leave to cool for 10 minutes before attempting to lift them from the tray with a palette knife. Roll them in icing sugar.
Eat the biscuits slightly warm, or certainly within 24 hours.

**Minky** · 03-02-2009, 08:42pm

That is really similar to an Australian Women's Weekly recipe I made on Sunday (had kept the recipe since 1999!

) but actuall I was a bit disappointed - something was wrong with the texture

.

BUT on your rec AG, I will try them

. I really love chewy choccy chip cookies and have just not managed to fine the perfect recipe.

**Chell** · 03-02-2009, 08:57pm

Thanks, DS loves cookies. I tried a recipe from MSE but they always taste fatty to me. I have some orange flavoured dark chocolate in the fridge so I;ll try them with that.

**Teresa** · 04-02-2009, 09:52am

I love cookies. I will have to give them a try.

**Chell** · 05-02-2009, 03:14pm

They are gorgeous. I didn't have enough of the brown sugar so used mainly white. I used a 100g bar of orange flavoured dark chocolate, really yummy.

**Chickpea** · 05-02-2009, 03:24pm

Oooh I have all the ingredients for those - so may have to make those later, so it def does produce a soft chewy cookie as opposed to a crunchy biscuit?
(just confirming as I've never found a good recipe for these before).

**Hello Kitty** · 06-02-2009, 09:17am

Yum, me and G just made these this morning (madly baking at 8am

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**August Girl** · 06-02-2009, 11:04am

Originally Posted by Chickpea

Oooh I have all the ingredients for those - so may have to make those later, so it def does produce a soft chewy cookie as opposed to a crunchy biscuit?
(just confirming as I've never found a good recipe for these before).

Yes, similar to the ones in bags from the supermarket bakery. As long as just the edges are browned they are still soft in the middle.

**Chickpea** · 06-02-2009, 12:33pm

I just made these too!

And I added a tablespoon of cocoa when I sifted the flour and baking powder to make them extra chocolatey

Such an easy recipe too - I had 15 mins before I had to collect E, and in that time I was able to make them, bake them and eat one! (notice I didn't eat them ALL!)

Thanks for that AG

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