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Cornflake Cookies
January 14, 2019
| Recipe by Bake with Paws
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The inspiration for this came from Chef Fiona Lau’s Chocolate Cookies Recipe. After seeing her delicious looking post, I wanted to try it for myself. Unfortunately, my family members are not fans of chocolate cookies. So, I decided to modify and make this Cornflakes Cookies instead and using her recipe as a guide.
HOW TO GET LIGHT, CRUMBLY AND CRISPY COOKIES:
BUTTER
When the recipe asks for room temperature butter, it refers to soft and pliable butter, but not looks shinny or greasy. It is still cool to touch and easy to spread. During creaming stage of butter and sugar, it will create air pockets in the butter and will yield light cookies or bakes. If the butter is warm, it will not create air pockets and make your cookies harder.
The best way to get room temperature butter is to cut the butter (from refrigerator) into chunks. Leave it outside room temperature (my tropical climate here is around 28 - 30 C) for 15 minutes or until you can get an indent when you press with your finger.
Creaming Butter and Sugar process has to be done slowly at low medium speed and not more than medium speed or the butter will heat up.
FLOUR
Cake Flour has a lower protein content and make the cookies a bit softer. All purposed flour make the cookies more crispy as it content more protein.
OVEN TEMPERATURE AND BAKING TIME
Do note that the baking temperature and timing provided are what works for my oven and should also be regarded as a guide only. Every oven behaves a little differently, so please adjust accordingly for your oven.
If you have any questions regarding this recipe or any other post, please leave me a comment in the “LEAVE A COMMENT” link and I will reply you as soon as possible. Do tag me on Instagram @Bakewithpaws if you attempt on this recipe.
How To Make Cornflake Cookies
Yields: 75 cookies
INGREDIENTS
250g butter, room temperature (leave the butter sit out for 15 minutes)
90g brown sugar
2 egg yolks
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
280g cake flour or low protein flour
3 tsp baking powder
250g cornflakes, slightly crush with hand
50g almond flakes, toasted (optional)
Utensil:
2 baking trays
METHOD:
- Preheat oven to 180C (top and bottom heat). Line the baking trays with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Sift flour and baking powder into a bowl. Set aside.
- In a bowl of electric mixer, beat together butter, brown sugar and salt until fluffy with the paddle attachment. Add in egg yolk, one at a time and add in vanilla extract and beat till well combined.
- Lower the speed, gradually add in flour mixture and mix until form a smooth dough.
- Fold in the cornflake and almond flakes until well combined.
- Scoop the dough out using tablespoon or a cookies scoop and drop onto lined baking trays.
- Bake at preheated oven for 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
- Let the cookies cool on baking tray for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Store in airtight container.
Hi able to use molasses sugar instead of brown sugar? Thank you.
ReplyDeleteHi there,
DeleteThank you for your question. Molasses sugar is moist sugar and it may affect the crunchiness or crispiness of the cookies.
Cheers :)
Hi! I always have one problem with such cookies. The center of my cookies are soft but yet the edges and top are all hard and brown. What should I do? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi, thank you for your question. It could be your oven is too hot. Outside already cooked and inside still not full cooked. Try to adjust your oven to lower temperature and bake longer period.
DeleteTry to press the cookies dough slightly thinner, it may help too.
Cheers :)
Can i use icing sugar?
ReplyDeleteYes, of course. Thanks
DeleteHi how much icing sugar to use?
DeleteWhy is my cookies up is too soft. Bottom is not cook. And the butter is melt. Can u pls help me
ReplyDeleteWhy is my cookies the butter melt. Can u help me
ReplyDeleteWhy is my cookies up is soft and bottom is not cook and when cook the butter is melt.
ReplyDeleteWhy is my cookies not well bake. Can u help me
ReplyDeleteHi, Thank you for trying this recipe.
DeleteThe butter melted when baking could be your butter is soft and almost at melting stage when you beat it with sugar. When recipe call for room temperature, it means the butter is soft and still cool. Should let the butter sit out for 15 mins before beating.
Your cookies still soft and bottom is not cooked could your oven is not hot enough. Please set top and bottom heat.
Cheers :)
Hi how much icing sugar should I use?
ReplyDeleteHi, I don't use icing sugar here. Are you going to replace brown sugar with icing sugar?
DeleteBy the way, I think this recipe may not work for other people as some tried and say cookies are soft.
I am going to remove this recipe soon.
Cheers :)
I tried replacing 90g brown sugar to icing sugar. It work perfectly fine for me. I replaced the almond flakes with chocolate chip.
DeleteHi, thanks for trying and share your feedback with me. May I know how do you find the cookies? I do not have time to rebake yet.
DeleteCheers :)
Brown sugar refer to dark brown or light brown?
ReplyDeleteHi, I used light brown sugar. Thanks :)
DeleteHi, can i use all purpose flour? is cake flourr the same as self raising flour?
ReplyDeleteHi, thanks for reading this recipe.
DeleteYes, of course you can use AP flour. Cake flour is low protein flour around 7 -8% protein. Self raising flour is a combination of ap flour , baking powder and salt.
Cheers :)