MILO Chocolate Chip Cookies v5

Ever since I made the version 4 chocolate chip cookies, which has Horlicks in the cookie dough, I've been wanting to make a version with MILO in it. Speaking of MILO, wikipedia has some very interesting facts about it. Like, did you know that Malaysia consumes 90% of the world's MILO? Hahaha, that is some awesome love of MILO they have!

Me, I also like MILO. I like to drink it, but even better, I like to eat it. Sometimes I just grab a spoon or two of MILO and gobble it down. (haha, very bad habit, yes, I know :$) So the idea of having MILO in cookies was appealing. But try as I might, I couldn't find a good enough recipe for MILO cookies, so I though I'd try and make a recipe myself. Drawing together the various chocolate chip cookies that I had, I decided to modify a particular recipe for Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies, which has cocoa powder in the dough. Sounds promising. Woohoo! Here we go!

What you need:
250g salted butter, softened
1/3 cups caster sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
3 small eggs
3/4 tablespoon vanilla extract (powder)
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup MILO
1 teaspoon baking soda
200g semisweet chocolate chips

What you do:

1. Preheat oven to 175 degrees C.
2. In a bowl, cream butter and sugar until just combined.
3. Add in the eggs one at a time and beat to mix well after each addition. Add in the vanilla extract and beat well to mix.
4. Combine the flour and baking soda. Add into the butter mixture and stir with a wooden spoon until just combined.
5. Add in both the MILO and chocolate chips and stir until just incorporated.
6. Use teaspoons to drop onto baking sheets, and bake in preheated oven for 8-10 minutes or until just set.
7. Cool slightly on the baking sheets before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.

From the original recipe, I increased the amount of MILO (originally unsweetened cocoa powder) because I really wanted to taste the MILO in the cookies. Because of that, I reduced the amount of flour, to keep things from getting too dry. I also reduced the amount of sugar, because MILO is much sweeter, of course. But I added in an extra egg, because I set aside 3 eggs for this batch, plus to keep things more wet. Because I really added in a lot more MILO. Hahaha.

Now, I usually don't like to taste things before they are finished cooking, but I've gotten over that habit recently, and have been taste-testing my cookie doughs fairly regularly. Since this is a new recipe, I tasted it often throughout the cooking. (Trying my best not to think of the eggs *shudder*) The cookie dough without MILO added in was delicious. Sweet with a subtle taste of vanilla. Once the MILO was added in, I did taste a hint of MILO, but was disappointed, since it didn't seem like it was enough...

Once the first batch came out of the oven, I sampled one of the cookies and confirmed that yes, you can barely taste the MILO. So I added in more MILO to the cookie dough, probably about another 1/2 cup. But still the same results, meh. Guess MILO doesn't have a strong enough taste? Maybe that's why there aren't a lot of MILO cookies recipes around, meh.

That said, the cookie was actually very yummy! It was crisp and chocolatey (from the chocolate chips), with a very faint undertone of MILO that made it slightly different than normal, hehe. The center was a bit chewy/cakey, though that might have been because I underbaked the cookies slightly. Unfortunately, it got much softer overnight. Maybe the MILO in it is absorbing water, or something. But a few minutes in the toaster oven, and the cookie becomes much crisper (and yummier too!) so not all is lost. It just doesn't have much difference compared to a normal chocolate chip cookie, which is why I've titled this as version 5, hehe.


I got a rather interesting photo of the cookies though, and decided to edit it (very badly) a little. But lookie lookie! Isn't it pretty? :$ Or, at the very least, interesting looking, hehe.




On a side note, Justin made Tandoori chicken last night, using the instant sauce from Sainsbury's. Everything I have said about this last year, still applies. Justin's trying to make the sauce better though, he says. Sigh. First Hadi's curry, now Justin's tandoori. They are going back to their last year's dishes. Noooooooooooo! This week is not gonna be fun! :(



Quote of the day: Make a list of important things to do today. At the top of your list, put 'eat chocolate.' Now, you'll get at least one thing done today.