Sunday, February 17, 2013

random

somehow I got the idea in my head this morning that I should make a dessert from corn flakes.  I don't know why - and I should have talked myself out of it - but I nonetheless went forward.

I settled on a cookie recipe, via Momofuku and available from Martha.  chocolate chip, marshmallow, and corn flake cookies.

cornflake-chocolate chip-marshmallow cookies

the reviews for this cookie online range from mediocre to poor - bloggers noted its complete failure to maintain a cookie shape and the mess it became in the oven.  (HINT: if baking bloggers admit to a recipe fail, it has to be a bad recipe.)  but I like marshmallows so much and I thought I could make it work.

I quadrupled the vanilla, used frosted flakes instead of the cornflake mix nonsense, subbed out half the butter for shortening, dumped in bonus flour, only mixed it for a quarter of the listed time, and made the cookies half as big and cooked them half as long.  they ended up looking better than most of the ones I saw in blogland, but the end flavor is nothing all that special and I just felt disloyal to my King Arthur cookie book and its reliable awesomeness. I will need to see if KA has a corn flake cookie.

3 comments:

Nicole Hannah said...

Try cornflakes, butterscotch chips, peanut butter, and mini marshmallows. Shaped like rice krispie squares.

I have no recipe but I enjoy them about once every two years at a local coffee shop.

maddygirls said...

I admire your daring!

Anonymous said...

Bummer that these didn't turn out great. There is a Momofuku Milk Bar in my neighborhood and I will say that their cornflake cookies are fantastic.