It’s Wednesday, and what better day of the week could there be for a GIANT COOKIE! And not just any giant cookie – a deeply, smokily chocolate cookie studded with chunks of crunchy, chewy peanut brittle.
Excuse me while I drool all over the keyboard, because these cookies are my kryptonite. They’re as big as my face, and somehow they manage to be crunchy all over the outside, and chewy all up in the inside. Hellooooo dream cookie.
These would be completely perfect to make ice cream sandwiches out of, except that with the size that I make these, it would be more of a small, two to three person ice cream cake. Which is admittedly kind of cool. So if you’re into that go right ahead! Vanilla or coffee ice cream would be the bomb.
Now, before we go on you should know – I’m not a huge lover of cookies. My boyfriend is crazy about them, which is a shame because they’re the only thing that I’m lukewarm on, and he pretty much shuns all other baked goods. So when I tell you these cookies are good, know that I’m for realsies.
Also, I know I’m all over the shop with my photos at the moment! One week it’s an ultra-modern pink infinity background, and the next it’s me holding a stack of cookies in moody daylight. The light in Brisbane at the moment is killing me. The sun is BEAMING down, leaving me nothing but bright, bright sunlight or deep, dark shadows. Both are nyet good. Give me beautiful, even cloud coverage please! PLEASE!
If anyone needs me, I’ll be doing a dance to please the cloud gods and eating cookies to please myself. Meanwhile, tell me how your week’s going?! Thank goodness we persevered through the kitchen fails of Monday, amirite?
xx Sarah.
P.S. I told you they were as big as my face!
- ½ cup (100g) caster sugar
- ½ cup unsalted roasted peanuts
- 2 sticks (225g) butter, softened
- 1 + ½ cups (300g) caster sugar
- ¼ cup (100g) glucose syrup
- 1 egg
- 2oz (50g) dark chocolate, melted
- 1 + ⅓ cups (200g) plain flour
- ¾ cup (100g) cocoa powder
- ¾ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp baking soda
- 2 tsp salt
- First, make the brittle. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Place the sugar into a deep, heavy based saucepan with 2 tbsp of water. Place over a medium heat and cook, without stirring, until the sugar melts, boils and turns a dark amber colour. You can tilt and swirl the pan gently if necessary.
- When the correct colour is reached, carefully add the peanuts, and stir with a heatproof spatula to combine and coat them. Tip the mixture onto your lined tray and spread out flat and leave to cool completely. DO NOT TOUCH - it's super duper hot. (TIP: to clean the pan, just soak fill it with water and let sit for 20-30 minutes. The sugar dissolves in water)
- To make the cookies, cream the butter, sugar and glucose together until very light and fluffy - at least four minutes.
- Add in the egg and melted chocolate and beat again for a further four minutes - the mixture should have the consistency of thick mayonnaise and be slightly shiny.
- Add in the flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and salt and beat until almost incorporated.
- Then, chop the brittle into fine pieces (about half-peanut size) and scoop up a cupful. You will have some left over.
- Add the brittle to the cookie dough and mix until it's just incorporated. Finish mixing by hand, if need be.
- Portion the dough (it will seem very wet) into ⅓ cup size mounds on two lined baking sheets. The cookies spread a lot, so they need plenty of room (I did 6 per sheet).
- Place in the fridge for at least an hour, or overnight.
- To bake, preheat the oven to 180C/375F and bake the cookies straight from the fridge for 18 minutes. Leave to cool completely on the trays before eating.
No point in making a cookie unless it’s the size of your face–go big or go home! I love the way your mind words.
On a different note, I get crazy harsh sunlight in the winter, and I’ve had good luck using a pop-up diffuser screen in my window to soften it. I don’t know what your photo set-up is, but it might be worth investigating?
Giant cookies are awesome! Love the idea of the peanut brittle in them too. I’m having a nightmare with the sun as well. What was once a nice bright corner of my house seems to constantly overcast.
These huge cookies look fabulous!! Love the flavour!
These remind me of the best cookies they sold on campus in undergrad, I love how big they are! These look even more amazing with the peanut brittle! Giant cookies FTW.
Oh my lordy…these look amazing. I need them in my life.
Hi!! These look downright amazing…i happen to LOVE LOVE LOVE cookies. This one sounds like a dream. I gotta try it. Your pictures are gorgeous as always despite your lighting situation! :)
Cookies are my fave. and THESE cookies may be my favoritest fave!!! I love how big they are and chocolatey and the peanut brittle is soooo goooood
!!! Expletives!!! Dream cookie! It’s just so… big! And chocolatey!
I feel you on the sunshine thing! I just want one overcast day. Why are we blessed to have such sunny, gorgeous winters in this godforsaken place?
I am always team facesized cookies and that inclusion of peanut brittle makes you my hero. ALSO: the lighting anger is totally something I worked with up north because it was always half cloudy and the light would tease. I use this: http://www.amazon.com/Etekcity-Portable-Collapsible-Reflector-Multi-Disc/dp/B00D6NWN6M/ref=pd_sim_p_5?ie=UTF8&refRID=1SMWSESZ4GPPMX4JM851 for everything diffusion, even the light bounce cover is super helpful and it’s super cheap, at least here in the US.
oh also: that thing totally does this twist fold thing that makes it super tiny so storage isn’t an issue.
Ummmm…….I need these in my life!!
Oh my word, these cookies…. I am drooling over here. There is no cookie too big in my books, especially chocolate ones!
And here I thought I was the only one with lighting issues! lol the cookies look delicious nevertheless…will definitely add to my ‘to try’ list!!
Omg These are like Momofukus PB cookies! Was reading the book these morning and felt a craving itch coming on but now these have seriously sent me over the edge nom nom nom
Fabulous! These would also look really impressive for party bags….