Trying to recreate a cookie recipe

Jul 07, 2015 18:17

While in England, I found these delicious cookies.

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sushidog July 8 2015, 10:14:28 UTC
What was the texture of the cookies like? Were they soft in the middle, or dry/crumbly throughout? Given that there's no egg in there, my first guess would be that they're something close-ish to shortbread, in which case you want around three parts (by weight) flour and/or flour-like things, two parts butter, and one part sugar and/or sugar substitutes. So if you could the corn syrup as part of the sugar, and cornstarch as part of the flour, that might give you a starting point?

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ringsandcoffee July 9 2015, 20:11:15 UTC
Texture was uniform throughout. They were crunchy as far as it takes a bit of effort to break off a piece, but they were somewhat soft to bite into and did not break into crumbs. I didn't even think about the fact there are no eggs until you mentioned it.

Thanks for the measurement tips.

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beesandbrews July 8 2015, 13:59:45 UTC
Cornstarch is used in cake recipes as a cheat for more difficult (these days) to source cake flour, it lowers the protein content and results in a more tender crumb. I seem to remember the ratio being 7/8 cup all purpose flour to 1/8 cup cornstarch. (I'd double check that to be sure).

So if your cookie has a melt in the mouth texture, I'd try either using cake flour or the all purpose/cornstarch blend and see where that takes you.

Keep us posted on your experiment. It sounds interesting.

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ringsandcoffee July 9 2015, 20:12:01 UTC
As soon as my AC gets fixed and I can use my oven again, I will be trying to make these cookies.

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beesandbrews July 8 2015, 16:24:25 UTC
http://denisetinylittlebakery.blogspot.com/2012/12/cranberry-orange-cookie.html?m=1

I got curious to see if anyone reverse engineered the cookie. I found an Australian blog which may help. The icing sugar is confectioners sugar in American parlance aka finely ground sugar plus cornstarch. The oats would add a bit of nuttyness which you could omit in favor of a bit more flour, I think.

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ringsandcoffee July 9 2015, 20:21:00 UTC
So my mission has been done before, I see. I am going to stick with the same ingredients on the M&S package, but it's good to know that the sugar could be powdered instead of granulated.

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beesandbrews July 9 2015, 20:49:50 UTC
I know I've seen cookie recipes that use powdered sugar instead of regular before, so that's definitely an option.

So flour, sugar, a couple tablespoons of powdered milk, some baking soda and the seasonings and you're well on your way.

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anon_anorexia July 8 2015, 21:52:20 UTC
Who needs food. We have to learn how to stay pure. Instead of eating cookies we should not eat and run a mile! That sounds like a much better idea.

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