Help - Cookies in a Jar

JamesReeves

So I got a present of cookies in a jar from someone and there was no instructions attached. I know they were bought in Dunnes because I saw them around Christmas time so I'm just wondering does anyone have an idea what yo do.

I've attached a picture so ye know what i'm talking about




Hope someone can help 'coz i'm dying for some cookies

Thanks

homemadecider

Can you resize the pics? They're too big to see.

JamesReeves

homemadecider wrote: »

Can you resize the pics? They're too big to see.

Figured it out

Mrs Fox

Not too sure how much softened butter you should add to it as it's difficult to gauge from photo, but my guess is between 115g-150g?
Then you'd probably need an egg and a teaspoon of vanilla extract.

Stheno

How do you eat that? Is it like ice cream?

JamesReeves

Stheno wrote: »

How do you eat that? Is it like ice cream?

it's basically all the dry ingredients for cookies, so sugar, flour and chocolate chips.

Stheno

JamesReeves wrote: »

it's basically all the dry ingredients for cookies, so sugar, flour and chocolate chips.

Ah!

dibkins

Can't help with instructions, but there was a still a few hanging around on the shelves in Bishopstown Dunnes around a week and a half ago, maybe you could sneak off with a label (or a photo of one).

JamesReeves

dibkins wrote: »

Can't help with instructions, but there was a still a few hanging around on the shelves in Bishopstown Dunnes around a week and a half ago, maybe you could sneak off with a label (or a photo of one).

raging!

im in Limerick

uberalex

The general ratio is approximately

1.1 : 1 sugar : butter by weight
1.5 : 1 flour : butter by weight
1.3 : 1 chips : butter

1 egg per 150g of butter

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/2459643/vintage-chocolate-chip-cookies

So depending on the overall weight of the jar, you could try and work it out. I guess about 1/4 of the ingredient weight of butter and round up? then add an egg per 150g. Add the eggs one at a time, and cream the butter thoroughly. The ratio doesn't need to be super tight, it will just give slightly different crunch/chew/spread.

http://sweets.seriouseats.com/2013/12/the-food-lab-the-best-chocolate-chip-cookies.html

Some of the jar recipes seem to omit the eggs.

JamesReeves

So I went for it . I used 150g butter and an egg and they were ok . Weren't great but were still good because there's chocolate in them

JohnK

That jar looks like the Scarlet Bakes Chocolate Chip Shortbread to me. You can see the inside of the leaflet on amazon as one of the images and if it is the shortbread one then you don't actually need the egg although the front of the leaflet says an egg is needed.

http://www.scarletbakes.co.uk/#/our-baking-mixes/4533541711

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Scarlet-Bakes-Chocolate-Shortbread-Cutter/dp/B005VNU556/