As school has wrapped up and I'm finding more time on my hands, now I have time to spend with friends - hence the Cookie Social. Its great to be off as I can truly look up new recipes, browse cookbooks for inspiration and have random events where food is the focal point!
Back to the making of the Cookie Social, the idea was for each of the group to cook a different cookie and basically drink wine, munch on cookies while catching up. While scrolling through Instagram I saw top YouTuber Tanya Burr promoting her new baking cookbook. One of her sneak peak recipes were for Salted Nutella Cookies. The book wasn't going to be released in time for the Cookie Social, so instead I found this Nutella Stuffed Oatmeal, Hazelnut and Choc Chip Cookies online and I was ready to bake!
Yay or Nay: Yay
SOOOOO good! I even managed to convert a sweet-hater to a cookie lover. I mean what's not to love? Nutella, toasted nuts, chocolate chips, chewy oats and a touch of saltiness to balance out the sweet. What are you doing reading this - go make them!!!
TIP: Mine
were slightly thicker in size as I tried to fit all of them on one baking sheet (made 15 not 16 like the recipe states) so I cooked them a little longer than the recommended 12 mins
and the nutella rolling was tricker than it sounded - prepare to get your
hands dirty. Do each step one by one rather than per cookie to reduce the mess!
We all know you can lose many hours scrolling through Pinterest and I was on the search for something to bring along to a work potluck breakfast. At first I thought this would be a nice healthy dish to bring but decided against it as I realised that the 'Surprise Entree' might have to be savoury rather than sweet. I made these Individual Baked Oatmeal muffins anyway as a tester for the actual day (even though I didn't use it in the end!)
Yay of Nay: Yay-ish but I'll reserve judgement until I try them again!
I did doctor the recipe as I thought 1/4 cup of honey was quite a lot, but it ended up being that they did need that extra sweetness and no amount of choc chips or berries would help that. I would also up the amount of berries in each portion to really get the flavour of it. Fresh raw cranberries so add a lovely tart dimension to it!
