I. Am. So. BOOOOORED!!!
"Yea, hanging out at home with Josh all week after we've had our wisdom teeth out will be awesome".
It's not.
Don't get me wrong, it is approximately 1 trillion times better having Josh here too, but we can't do anything! I've watched more TV in the last 3 days than I have probably watched in the last 6 months and I can't handle it anymore!! I was trying to think what I would normally be doing if I was home over the weekend...oh yea, cooking. But no point in cooking delicious food when we can't even eat it!!
I'll spare you the chipmunk face photos but imagine me with 40 acorns in each cheek and that's kind of what I look like right now. It's a beautiful thing.
And the food...as much as I love mashed potato and soup and smoothies and ice-cream I just want a steak. Or a taco. Or some chips. Something with a little texture!! Something I have to CHEW!!
I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I've officially gone far enough to start smothering everything in tomato sauce, just for a little variety and flavour!
So to spare you the torture that is baby food, here is a recipe that I made a couple of weeks ago. But considering that it still feels like it will be weeks before I can eat proper food I can't promise that there won't be a couple of smoothie recipes coming up next week!
Take my favourite chocolate chip cookie recipe, add a little cornflour to make them especially chewy, throw in some M&M's and put them in...muffin tins!
They're soft, chewy, delicious and every bite is chocka full of M&M's...yum!! Having them in the muffin tins makes a nice change from regular cookies and keeps them nice and thick. I used mini M&M's but you could use regular sized ones too.
The key is to try and make sure the M&M's are inside the balls - otherwise they have a tendency to stick to the bottom of the tin and you end up with this situation ⇓ Which is actually a situation I was pretty happy about!
Mmmmmm, things you eat with your teeth!
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M&M's Cookie Cups
Ingredients
- 115 grams butter softened
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ¼ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 cup plain flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cornflour
- ½ cup plain or mini M&M's plus extra for decorating
Instructions
- Beat butter and sugars together until fluffy (about 5 minutes). Add the egg and vanilla and beat for another minute until well incorporated.
- Slow the mixer to the lowest speed and add dry ingredients. Stir in M&M's.
- Roll the dough into balls making sure the M&M's are inside the balls, not touching the bottom of the tins and place in to well greased muffin tins. Press a few more M&M's into the tops on the balls if you like.
- Bake at 180 degrees celcius for 12-15 minutes, checking after 10 minutes. Let the cookie cups cool completely in the muffin tins before running a butter knife around the edges tp remove.
- Store in an airtight container for 10 days. Cookie cups will also freeze well
Destiny says
I made these! I used a mixture of m&m and reese pieces! I also used muffin cups. These turned out absolutely delicious!! I didn't have brown sugar though so they aren't as chewy as I would like.
kathy says
this looks amazing! yum!
Laura says
Thanks Kathy 🙂
Lauren @ Create Bake Make says
Oh these would be dangerous in our house, I'd just want to eat them all! Thanks for linking up with us this week 🙂
Lauren @ Create Bake Make says
PS. I hope you guys are feeling better, I had my wisdom teeth out when I was 18 and remember how awful it was xx
Laura says
And thanks! Yes we are much better, both back to work today which I'm actually happy about! 🙂 Have a great week!
Laura says
Haha that's pretty much what happened in our house! 🙂
Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel says
So sorry about your wisdom teeth situation! Ugh, I hated having mine out but trust me when I say it's SO much better having them out than in & causing trouble! Plus, when you're healed you can eat as many of these cookie cups as your heart desires. They look amazing and so thick and perfect!
Laura says
Thanks so much Hayley! Yea, I'm pretty happy they're gone...all done now! And I am so excited to eat all the cookie cups when I can chew again!!
Tania | My Kitchen Stories says
Thats terrible. i hope you are back to normal now and are munching on everything in sight. Your cookies look great. it is a long time since i have made them like this but you have now reminded me how good it is.
Laura says
Thanks Tania! Much better now...chewing is still a bit tricky though but we're getting there! I had never made cookies like this before but I'm hooked now! Hope you've had a great weekend.
Gina says
Mmm! These look great. I love the muffin tin idea! Might have to steal it 🙂
Laura says
Thanks Gina! You should...I think I'll be making loads more cookies in muffin tins!
2boys1homestead says
These look wonderful!
Laura says
Thank you! 🙂