I am
feeling VERY delicate to say the least.
You
know when you see people waste food and you just feel SO upset? Well, I am
experiencing that exact upsetting pain but 10 times worse. Actually I should probably say 100 times worse(Sob, Sob). You see, I’ve been dreaming about making this Milkybar, cranberry
and coconut loaf. Doesn’t it sound epic? I was even going to melt Milkybar on
the top and then sprinkle coconut on before the Milkybar set. In my dreams it
looked PERFECT.
Tonight
was the evening I was turning my visions of this picture perfect loaf into a
tasty reality. Lets just say the
loaf was certainly NOT picture perfect. It will now feature in my nightmares. Even
Instagram couldn’t make it look appealing. I can only describe it as a raw,
soggy mess and I simply could NOT come to terms with the fact I had to throw it
away. Surely it deserved more than the bin? So instead of saying bye to the entire loaf I allowed my belly to say hello to some of it. Definitely not one of my best decisions I’ve made as I am now feeling upset
AND sick.
The raw disaster...
It was a very upsetting Milkybar moment as you can probably imagine.
All of this wastage and much much more...
I’m
not too sure what went wrong with the loaf, possibly the fact I substituted vegetable oil for
virgin oil? SSssshhhh!
So anyway... a loaf takes around an hour to
bake and I was NOT prepared to stare at the oven for 60 minutes. Therefore I thought my best friend
would appreciate it if I whipped her up some ‘oh so doughy’ cookies. I followed a
recipe from my ‘I LOVE SUGAR’ book. It was for cranberry and coconut cookies.
However I’m sure you all know what swallowed up my cranberries? Yep, that loaf which we no longer speak of! I therefore decided to add currants with the coconut along with some lemon zest. Good alternative?
What you will need:
225g butter, softened
140g caster sugar
1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
2 tsp vanilla extract
280g plain flour
pinch of salt
40g desiccated coconut
60g dried currants
1 lemon
1. Mix your sugar and butter together, then add in your egg yolk and vanilla essence. Remember to lightly beat your egg yolk before adding - I clearly was in a rush to bake these bad boys and forgot! OOoops!
2. Sift together your flour and salt and mix in your lemon zest. Then add it into the above mixture.
3. Now it's time for the two C's - Currants 'n' Coconut!
4. Yep, you guessed it...work those bingo wings and mix the two C's into the mixture.
5. I then divided my mixture into a cupcake baking tray. I know this isn't the 'normal' way of making cookies. But come on, I'm not normal! I wanted thicker, soggier cookies rather than flat pancakes! Since my addiction to MINNIE'S COOKIES in Florida I simply can't settle for a flat, crunchy cookie.
6. TADAH
7. If you're not a lover of hot drinks then serve with milk to compliment the doughiness...
8. OR if you're feeling a little wild then get in that freezer and whack the ice cream out. A warm doughy cookie accompanied by cornish vanilla ice cream. You know that sounds the shizzzz!
More importantly make sure you have those maternity pants on and enjoy every mouthful as if it were your last! Let your hair down, after all it is Friday in less than an hour!
Despite the fact MY loaf is now suffocating in the dustbin and my Friday breakfast is now looking rather bland; I stuck to my word. These ARE for my best friend and I really hope she likes them. If not, I'm sure I can take them off her hands! Obviously I had to test one and I must admit I did go a little weak at the knees. Therefore Steph will be greeted with 11 cookies tomorrow rather than 12. Perhaps even less - It all depends on my cravings tomorrow!
9. Present them in a box lined with tissue paper and perhaps even sprinkle some extra coconut over them. Then hand them over to your best friend OR snatch them back and do a runner - you decide!
I'm off to sleep now, if only I had the excitement of waking up to a massive slice of Milkybar heaven for breakfast.
Night all.
