How to make cookies, with sugar and without.
Traditional recipe or with the Thermomix.
Today I want to introduce you to my cookies, the typical American cookies, but with some variations and precautions, for those who do not want to use sugar.
Moreover, you can vary the use of dark chocolate, and replace it with milk chocolate or white chocolate, but you can make our cookies by adding to the mixture pine nuts, raisins, chopped pistachios or almonds or even hazelnuts, and even all together always respecting the doses indicated above for the dark chocolate.
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- Cost: Very economical
- Preparation time: 20 Minutes
- Portions: 20
- Cooking methods: Oven
- Cuisine: Italian
- Seasonality: All seasons
- Energy 173.63 (Kcal)
- Carbohydrates 22.25 (g) of which sugars 13.46 (g)
- Proteins 2.35 (g)
- Fat 8.86 (g) of which saturated 4.24 (g)of which unsaturated 1.88 (g)
- Fibers 0.22 (g)
- Sodium 55.48 (mg)
Indicative values for a portion of 40 g processed in an automated way starting from the nutritional information available on the CREA* and FoodData Central** databases. It is not food and / or nutritional advice.
* CREATES Food and Nutrition Research Center: https://www.crea.gov.it/alimenti-e-nutrizione https://www.alimentinutrizione.it ** U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service. FoodData Central, 2019. https://fdc.nal.usda.gov
Ingredients
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- 1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour (or whole wheat or cereal)
- 3/4 cup chocolate chips (or chopped nuts or milk or white chocolate.)
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 pinch salt
- Half teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 cup sugar (Or 100 erythritol)
- Half teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 cup butter
How to make cookies
Tools
What we need
- 1 Bowl
- 1 Electric whisk or the Thermomix
- 3 Baking sheets flat
- 1 Parchment paper
Steps
Traditional recipe
Put the chocolate chips in the freezer for at least 30 minutes.
Then in a bowl with the help of the beaters, whip the butter with the 2 sugars or sweeteners,
until the mixture appears foamy.
Add the vanilla extract, and the egg, and continue to whip.
Add the baking soda and the sifted flour, a little at a time always with the beaters in motion, or if you prefer, use your hands.
As soon as the mixture appears smooth and homogeneous, remove the beaters, add the chocolate chips, and mix with a spoon.
Turn on the oven at 320°F static, and let it heat well.
With 2 spoons or with wet hands form balls of 1 1/2 inches in diameter
and place them on a baking sheet with parchment paper underneath. Make sure they are well spaced apart, as they might grow and stick together.
Bake for about 20 minutes, but check gradually that the edge of each cookie is well browned, this is the sign that they are cooked.
If all the batter does not fit into your oven, it is advisable to keep the dough cool, preferably in the fridge, and take it out only when you need it.
Here are our Cookies ready to be enjoyed. Even in Christmas version.
think about the gifts to give to friends. Here’s an idea.
Insert the butterfly in the bowl and whip the butter with the 2 sugars or sweeteners: with the measuring cup 3 min. speed 4 or until the mixture appears foamy.
Then add the vanilla extract, and the egg, and continue to whip always with the butterfly for 3 min speed 4.
Now remove the butterfly and add the baking soda and the sifted flour, a little at a time from the hole always with the Thermomix moving at speed 3.
or As soon as the mixture appears smooth and homogeneous, add the chocolate chips, and mix for 3 min counterclockwise speed 2.
Turn on the oven at 320°F static, and let it heat well. With wet hands form balls of 1 1/2 inches in diameter
and place them on a baking sheet with parchment paper underneath. Make sure they are well spaced apart, as they might grow and stick together.
Bake for about 20 minutes, but check gradually that the edge of each cookie is well browned, this is the sign that they are cooked.
If all the batter does not fit into your oven, it is advisable to keep the dough cool Serve the Cookies for breakfast or snack,
Storage and Variations
How to make cookies
Storage:
2/3 days in a container. In summer they should be kept in the fridge in a food bag.
Variants:
dark chocolate can be replaced with milk chocolate or white chocolate, but you can make our cookies by adding to the mixture pine nuts, raisins, chopped pistachios or almonds or even hazelnuts, and even all together always respecting the doses indicated above for the dark chocolate.
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
How to make cookies
Can I freeze the dough?
Yes, you can freeze it but after forming the balls.
