My Cookie Monster

Who can ever forget cookies🍪 and milk🥛 from the days of your childhood? I used to have so much fun dunking the cookies in the milk (to me that’s the best bit!) It’s funny to think how the smallest thing in the world can make you smile when you were a child, but these excitement and joy seemingly become more rare as one grows older and older.

As a kid, I was able to enjoy every little moments of my life, but nowadays I would just always be constantly thinking and worrying of things I need to do the day after. I missed the days when I used to be able to go home and watch my favourite shows, and escape from the reality. One of my favourite shows to watch back then was Sesame Street and the Cookie Monster often appeared on my screen (Though my favourite was actually Oscar ’cause I loved the fact that he lives in a bin! 😂) Don’t you just wished you can go back to being a kid again?

Turning back time may not be possible, but a dream of cookie and milk is not far from reality. These jam-filled chocolate chips cookies are very simple to make but just as nostalgic as those of your favourites from your childhood. What’s your favourite kind of cookies? Come and try this, and embrace the Cookie Monster inside us all!

Jam-Filled Chocolate Chip Cookies

Quantity: About 6 cookies

Ingredients:

100g plain flour

50g unsalted butter

35g caster sugar

1-2 tbsp milk

Seedless Raspberry Jam

Dark Chocolate Chips

Method:

1. Rub the butter into the flour until it resembles fine breadcrumbs. Mix in the caster sugar.

2. Add the milk a bit at a time to bring the dough together. Cover and rest the dough in the fridge for about 30 minutes.

3. Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/gas 5.

4. Roll the dough evenly to a large square. Cut out circles using a cookie cutter. (Alternatively, split the dough into equal portions, then roll and shape.) Ensure you have cut out an even number of circles.

5. Place a teaspoon of jam on one circle of dough and cover with another circle. Repeat this procedure with the remaining dough. Add chocolate chips on top of the cookies.

6. Bake the cookies in the oven for 12-15 minutes, or until golden.

7. Cool the cookies on a wire rack to let them firm up before serving.