Saturday 29 October 2011

Compost cookie

The Momofuku chain in New York is one of those hip sexy places where it's hard to get a table and the food is almost secondary. A friend of mine actually went there once and found the ramen to be sub par, but don't underestimate the power of hyperbole. One of their branches is called the Milk Bar and has created a cookie with a mild cult following - the Compost Cookie.
That doesn't sound very appetising, but when you learn what actually goes in, you'll be like, 'yum yum, just not all together'.
I got the basic recipe and method from this site, and beyond the basic mix there is a great deal of flexibility on the ingredients.
First make some coffee (don't look at how filthy my stove is, I have a full time job!).
Pull out all of your favorite snacks and mix them all together indiscriminately, I also added in two tablespoons of used coffee grounds.
Compose the dough, roll it up in cling film and put in the freezer.
Chop into litte disks and put in the oven. These cookies make your house smell amazing, but don't bask in the aroma too long because they start to burn almost as soon as they're ready.
Perfect cookie, sweet and a little savoury.
The Marmite cashews are really good in this, and I don't even like Marmite. Salt and vinegar Kettle chips are awesome, not convinced the pretzels had to be there and Toblerone isn't my favorite. But the coffee grounds are insanely good, long after you're finished eating the cookie you find a ground or two stuck in your teeth, which doesn't seem as though it would be a selling point, but for an addict like me it's a good idea. Probably how I would smuggle coffee into prison.

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