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Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Ice Cream Cookie Cups

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Have you ever prepared a chocolate chip cookie recipe that came out as flat as a pancake? I'm talking so thin, when you hold it up you can see patches of light coming through. I have recently and I was quite disappointed because I thought they were going to be nice and soft and chewy. Instead, they came out wafer thin. I didn't even bother taking pictures of them. We ate about 3 or 4 of them before throwing away the whole lot of them. The problem was, when I prepared the recipe, I only baked half of it. The rest I stuffed into a freezer bag and popped in the freezer for another night when we had the craving for fresh, warm chocolate chip cookies. Since the cookies weren't that great, the bag just sat there in the freezer taking up room for a few weeks. Until I had an idea...

What if I baked them in a cupcake tin? Maybe the shape of the cupcake tin would stop them from spreading out all over the cookie sheet. It would retain its shape and stay a little thicker. Right?
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Right. It turned out to be quite a nice little dessert creation.
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As they cooled, they sank a little in the middle - making a perfect cookie cup for a scoop of ice cream!

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For the cookie recipe, I used Vanilla Pudding Chocolate Chip Cookies from the Toronto Star (via The Canadian Baker). The reviews of the recipe were great, so I was expecting a really good cookie. Maybe I did something wrong, because mine were not so. I'll have to give this recipe another shot, but I have another Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe using Vanilla Pudding that I want to try too!

Vanilla Pudding Chocolate Chip Cookies from The Canadian Baker
Ingredients:
1 cup unsalted butter, melted & cooled
1 cup lightly packed light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
102 g box instant vanilla pudding mix (or if you have a larger box, weigh it out on a scale)
2 tbsp cold
2 large eggs, room temperature
2 tsp pure vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp each: baking powder, baking soda
2 cups milk chocolate chips (I went crazy with my Chips and used Chocolate Rocks, Hershey's Special Dark Chips & Toffee Bits)

Preheat to 350. In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter and sugars until creamy. Stir in pudding mix and milk. Add eggs and vanilla. Next, add the flour, baking powder and soda. Stir until batter is smooth. Stir in your choice of chips.

Drop heaping tablespoons of dough on non-stick cookie sheets. Bake about 12 minutes or until edges are lightly browned. Cool 10 minutes on cookie sheet. Transfer cookies to wire rack to cool completely.

9 comments:

Jennifer Lynn Jordan said...

Damn it, Steph, that is brilliant.

Suelle said...

That's such a neat idea for desseert, but I'm pretty sure you couldn't bake cookie cups like that if you set out to do so! LOL!

Katiecakes said...

What a great idea! I've wondered how you make cookies like that for a while as I've had a cookie cake idea I've been wanting to try out. Thanks for the inspiration!

Katie xox

Ingrid_3Bs said...

Those are like those pizzokies I made. I like though that yours are made in the muffin tin and pop out. Mmmmm, now I want some.
~ingrid

Cupcake Crazy Gem said...

Hmm these look delicious! what a great idea, I can't wait to try them, I especially love the drizzled sauce on top!

becky said...

i want one right now!

Julie said...

These look wonderful. What a great summer treat.

Lucie said...

Way to turn these into a great dessert! They look delicious!

precious said...

I am so excited to serve this new recipe to the mini cafe I have! The guests will surely love this.
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