CHEWY PINEAPPLE CHOCO CHIP COOKIES

WHAT DO I CALL THESE??ok NIGELLA'S CHOCO OATMEAL COOKIES OR

chewy pineapple chocochip walnut cookies!!!!

u tell me & i'' play right along.....Now this the very recipe was also chosen by the lovely MARIA ,the baking Goddess,in keeping alive this lovely group SWEET AND SIMPLE BAKES,originally founded by Rosie and Maria and we do all miss and pray for Rosie to be up on her feet and fit as a fiddle soon. 

So Maria handles our monthly bake now and so beautifully with gorgeus recipes every month to have us baking,the globe over,a single recipe ,every month.
Sounds fun doesnt it,oh yes it is and much more.....
I had to tweak this a bit coz of want of nuts and cranberries-jus aint available even with a importer here so had to tweek it.
Now i was supposed to make this cookie again on first of jan,with another tweak ie hazlenuts and raisins and a little adjusment to get 'em crunchy but simply couldn catch so this is my cookie that goes to the bake along for THESE GORGEOUS COOKIES that Maria chose this month.
So here's my cookie and am so waiting to see urs.

Now its too late to participate in 12 weeks of xmas cookies but its cool(though would love to have the logo on my blog-its so cute)coz i have IHCC,that chose a COOKIE EXCHANGE THIS WEEK

Natashya from the beautiful 'kitchen puppies',a wondeful blog left a comment on katie's blog(oh i love katie's blog),and mentioned about i heart cooking clubs,why hadn i bumped in here before-what a lovely way to introduce more of nigella into our homes ,my first ever celebrity chef that i loved!!!!!

She's absolutely fantastic & i know i dont have the books,not a single one but whats the world wide web for,i'm so sure i'll find in some recipes wont i?

Am so glad that its cookies this time round,am jus so into cookies right now & the festive season is perfect for jus that....

Can we resist a mug o hot chocolate with marshmellows & whipped cream with a big fat choco chip cookie-no absolutely not-i love 'em!!!!(all)

or jus cuddling in bed with a big fat baking book eating cookies or more like gorging on big fat cookies???
or a glass of hot vanilla or cinnamon flavoured milk with ur fav cookies.....oh there are many cookies galore & loads of fav options all u guys will be up with which would so love to hear.....

A question that set me ticking is what inspires u to cook or whats ur inspiration to-is it my love for goan portuguese cuisine as much as worldwide culture cuisine....yeah i love to read up more about im about to simmer in the pot when possible-ok so its my love for food is it?It cant end at that surely,i may not be an excellent or over the top cook ,but the passion runs in my viens-im proud to say that i inherited this lineage than any other inheritence,my great great grandparents on both sides ,as far as i know the family tree,were lovers of good food,be it their excellent cooking or relishing or what have u........and it was meant to be that i got in pulled& attracted to the kitchen before any other & i love being there...the excitement of being a teen was over shadowed by the excitement when i won a few prizes 4 cooking way before being a teen-its another story that in the category i won the first place there was only a single participant-me & where i won 2nd were jut a few participants but point is that i won(i consoled myself)...and i was all grins......happy and gay....and still am with blogoshere and meeting fantastic foodies ,virtually-a humbling expierience i cherish & love!!!!

Ah i love baking cookies & with all the overdose of cakes or its the festive season thats drawning me to cookies alright.

Now ,am a part of another wonderfull baking group,sweet & simple bakes & actually have been wanting to bake pineapple cookies coz i have a some tinned pineapple & yup for the variety too & wanted to incorporate it by tweaking that v recipe ,little knowing its nigella's recipe.

Well while looking around for a great pineaaple cookie-and found 3 excellent ones-i bumped into this gorgeous baking site---i heart cooking club----and boy there i was ,now ny direction steered a little differently coz what this group is about is cooking up or baking ,nigella's recipes...
So back to search & viola....found this recipe-(so will be baking this cookie twice with tweaks)

Cranberries ,dried or fresh,have eluded me despite me looking around for quite awhile & pineapple i thought would be a great replacement.
So what i did is make my own dried pineapple with the help from my trusted(by now)oven & replaced pecans(another elusion)with walnuts(though hazlenuts would be great too)& kept the amount of chocolate chips the same though i halved the recipe,not for any reason other than i'll get to bake soon again,coz these were gone before i knew it.....

dark choco glaze,milk callets ,choco strands & green sprinkles-gng all the way!!!

and yeah i mixed white with milk chocochips,simply coz i love to bite into a crunchy cookie & get a mouthfull of gooey chocolate....
1/2 ap flour
1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 cup oats(i used quackers oats)
70 grams butter(salted so no extra salt needed)
1/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup superfine sugar
1/2 egg
1/2 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 cup dried pineapple
1/4 cup cashewnuts
1/4 cup white & milk choco chips

the area to the left with a lone sprinkle is actually a pineapple bit !!!

NOTES
- i took over half cup of tinned pineapple and place them in the oven as i begin preping things for the cookies-except butter that was already out-so had the oven warmed enough for the cookies too-took mins @180*c
- i dont need to use salt coz i use salted butter ,else tip in 1/4 tsp salt
- i added confectioners sugar instead of superfine mainly for 2 reasons-first confectioners sugar gives an added crunch that i love&
secondly i didn have supefine sugar ,which i can easily make with the grinder but then refer to reason 1.

a fav ,with the gooey milk choco & smalleys ,so quite a crunch there was to a chewy cookie!!!

1)MEasure out the flour,baking powder & oats in a bowl.
2)BEat butter & sugars in a bowl til light & creamy-i used my hands yeah to 'put in muscle'-it worked fine!
3)Now its vanilla & egg thats needs to be beaten into the mix!
4)Ok the flour mix now & beat it in.
Nows the turn of the gorgeous mix of the dried pineapple,Nuts,chocochips.
5)Set it in the fridge for a few mins.(i skipped this step coz wasnt too sticky too handle-jus a wee bit-and my oven was already all fired up,the pineapple remember-i wasnt up to waste too much gas)
ROll tablespoons of dough with ur hands & place 'em on a lined baking sheet & squish the dough balls with a fork!!-i did sprinkle brown sugar on a few!!!
6) I baked 'em for around 30 mins,switching trays inbetween-i love an added crunch but they being chewy cookies,had to re bake 'em later again coz i love crunchy not chewy cookies,for say another half an hour

brown sugar,dark choco,milk choco & sprinkle topped-the green coz its xmas -i have no red!!!

I actually ended baking these cookies thrice...coz they werent as crunchy -after these are chewy not crunchy cookies & we arent high on chewy's -the flavours great and the smaller one's had a crunch too!!!(not ur crunchy kinda crunch but a chewy kinda crunch)
i loved the added chocolate instead of a pineapple glaze ,had thought of earlier & though i original had thought of walnuts(dont u think they resemble pecans atleast a bit),i changed to walnuts coz the pack we jus picked a few days ago were totally stale!!!

loads of milk choco with choco strands

i dont have any of nigella's books but online are the very chocolatey chippy cookies & cutouts(already tried) & would love to try the birthday cookies too but cant-no recipe

brown sugar & milk choco topped

now why is 'somethng stupid' serenading on my ipod-how on earth did it sneak(its one of my favs yeah)into my Christmas playlist.......lemme check out&while i do that u go along and check by what the rest of the gang brought by for cookie & dessert exchange!!!
update-i am first on mr'linky for this weeks cookie exchane-wasnt planned but am kinda hapi now-hehehehehe
bdw,these cookies are extremely high on flavour but a little low in texture coz we arent too fond of the chewy softy kind!!!!
UPDATE-this one is actually for kim-there seems to be aprob with my network i think-there are a few blogger sites i cant leave a reply on-have been havin troublw with mandys ,chaya's & kims blog!!!
Kim was asking about low cal cookies-i was wondering if this would work if u replaced the follw for some goodness of health
white sugar with an equivalent sugar free or stevia or something or organic natural sugar
butter with a healthier option
decrease the flour and replace with oatmeal or replace flour with whole wheat flour....the fruits and nuts are fine......
till i can post on kim's stirring the pot and mandys recipes for now(i get this feeling its my ntbook coz had probs with quite a few today)

And now yeah that i am on at the cookie festival by SUSAN @ FOOD BLOGGA ,yeah she's the angel who hosts this gorgeously beautiful cookie event and ur invited for the feast here for a visual treat......
And read all about u joining in too here
And these cookie too ,find their way out there....

SWEET & SIMPLE BAKES-AN INTENSELY CHOCOLATEY GOOEY FUDGY ELICIOUS BROWNIE-NOV09

FRIENDS ,THERES THIS GREAT EAT-A-CHRISTMAS-COOKIE-ANNUAL-EVENT- HOSTED BY SUSAN AND IT SIMPLY ROCKS.

THIS BAR COOKIE MARKS MY BEGINING OF A 12 COOKIES OF CHRISTMAS BAKE-AND STILL HOPE TO FINISH 'EM BY 3RD YEAH....

AND THIS YUMMY ROUND UP makes it so difficult for me to chose my next bake......

Happiness doesnt elude me a single day & the reasons keep piling on too. Today Maria has released our next months,sweet and simple bake....(u must must be a part of this group next time round-satisfaction gaurenteed)oh have been trying to guess what it would be for days on end...

And yiiipppeeeeeee its brownies,something i have never baked but only gorged on & infact had already written a post for brownies that was going to bake next,so this aint my first now(but aint going to post the other brownie post till this one-this has to be special),only awaiting to find in my pantry good chocolate which is in plenty now so here i am,on the threshold of baking my brownie.----find recipe for these gorgeous brownies here----

I love the white chips in contrast to the dark chocolate,exactly what had planned in for the i-heart-nutella challenge &

am waiting to try sprinkling the icing sugar ,something i havent done well yet except for the bonbon cookies so yup the excitement is still(&always ) be there,so is the enthusiasm & passion in my heart(else would i be sitting here at 2 am writing about this),am sleepy but my eyes refuse to shut(they were when i was studying awhile ago though,i have exams soon)..lol(laugh out lods not moms&dads love u lods or lots of love)...lol again....

The co founders of sweet and simple bakes are MARIA OF THE GODDESS KITCHEN and ROSIE OF BAKING CAKES GALORE, both blogs u'd be happy to visit & so was i!!!

These brownies have to be the toast of the season really!!!

Brownies flecked with snow,

& those cute little red bows!!!

Arent these so so easy to make,

perfectly fitting like a glove to----sweet & simple bakes----!!!

Oh sure the aroma that filled our home while these baked,

All our appetites raked!!!

Stll warm,That first bite,

Oh i'm so glad that i did get this one right!!!

Dark & gooey ,

yet so sweetly chocolately!!!

And the bites that land u a button,snowy white,

Oh its the creamy chocolets allright!!!

Does it feel like christmas ,oh yes it does....

i can hear the bells ringing already!!!!

...Christmas time....mistletoe & wine......

(oh,thats my cellphone singing away,yeah mom,i'll get that one,it might just be santa)

And yeah these have to be re-named as intensely chocolatey super delicious best ever fudgy brownies.

before....

I baked a few cuppy brownies with different toppings &

and after!!!!

 loved 'em,love to experiment.

BEFORE THEY POPPED INTO THE OVEN

This recipe is a no-fail gorgeous recipe .

The few changes i did make here ,were ,for one ,instead of only dark chocolate ,i used 70% coco callebaut callets with part milk chocolate(39% coco)callets & a little of a turkish hazlenut choco paste.

Also where the sugar is concerned always use castor,never granualted(the whisking aint too much nor is the baking time ),but i had only granulated so when i got down to breaking it down ,what i got was almost powder which worked excellent!

Besides this i only played with the toppings.

The cuppy fairy brownies took me 20 mins to bake & the bars took a little bit longer!!!

I love a sugar high,that last months bake,these white chocolate cookies brought,forget about sweet tooth ,i have a sweet mouth...lol

BROWNIES CALLED BOWNIES,WHY DID U THINK?
WHATS TO KNOW HERE I THINK....
BROWNIES ARE BROWN,I NOTICED SO,
AND THATS A CUTE NAME BY TO GO....
LIKE A CAKE'S A CAKE,
A DELICIOUS BAKE!!!
AND A COOKIE IS A COOKIE WE KNOW,
A CRUNCHY MUNCHY DELIGHT SOMETIMES CHEWY SO,
IS ROSEBUDS CONNECTED TO A BROWNIE SO GOOEY,
OR THATS THE BROWNIES.IS IT?
WHAT ELSE COULD IT BE I STILL WONDER,
ANYBODY ELSE ANY ANSWER????

i played a little with the toppings & shapes,yeah.

baked few as cupcake brownies,

some with praline walnut,
---some with praline almond---

and some with the callets of milk & white

MARIA ,UR TOTALLY RIGHT IN SAYING TO BAKE THE WHOLE BATCH,I MEAN THESE WERE SWIPPED CLEAN IN LESS THAN 24HRS FLAT-I BAKED EM AT NIGHT MIND U

& as i write this am drooling over the pics that i cant upload!!!

coz i know jus how great they are on my taste buds!!!

loved the gooeysness of this intensely chocolatey,fudy brownie.....
oK i found THIS GREAT SITE and am i glad and this weeks submit is a take off of the domestic goddess ,nigella lawson and this brownie 's a nigella recipe,so thought i must must link uo here....
then i bumped into a fine site,the finer things, its has so cute a list of 100 FINER THINGS THATS REALLY CUTE!!! so linked on in.....

SWEET&SIMPLE OCTOBER2009 BAKE-WHITE CHOCOLATE & ORANGE COOKIES

A WONDERFULL COOKIE STORY

WHITE CHOCOLATE & ORANGE COOKIES-SWEET&SIMPLE BAKES FOR OCT'09

I'm excited,how can i not be? This is how i began my comment on----sweet and simple bakes-----when read about their monthly bake event,i mean i actually had the hope that a newbie like me could participate in an event ,yes and in truly sweet and simple recipes,thank u Maria(i love surrey in the u.k. after watching the movie"THE HOLIDAY" by the way,wanted to ask,were u around there Mary when jude law & cameron diaz were shooting round the table loving their hot chocolate with 3 marshmellows-and so was i this side of town-but i didn coz i was already bombarding way too many questions for a first time).

Now i'm super-excited,how can i not be?Maria was so prompt in letting me know her mind & heart-YES YES YES ,i could participate & boy she actually was looking foward for my entry.Boy,i was more than thrilled,no long q's of rejected registrations et all,finally i qualified for something...whew ,atlast & exactly when my minds been on cookies these days & these seem so delish yet so easy ,at the same time...suprised....dont be...just read along.......

Atlast a member,that too of so lovely & cute a baking event,READ ALL ABOUT IT HERE i love the round up part the best,am going to bake these soon...i had so many questions....Can i sustitute lemon for orange?not coz its my 'in' flavour of the month but to pick up oranges that can zest(like the one's nigella & rachel allen zest on travel & living),i have to go to the main market in the city & that too it aint a regular suppy & i need nice plumpy one's,dont i?

White choco chips have eluded me,even after research & a dozen & more calls,for the last 8 months & i surely aint interested in compounded choco but good chocs ,atleast coverture or ultra coverture both in semi-sweet & white in real(no compound choco for me again please) chocolate.
Else will chip off chips from a bar or 2 of nestle's milky bar or be happy to chip off from my selbourne,white bar(compounded-malaysian).My semi sweet choco chips too are the same story.....

But i'm full on for this one,my first ever event which i have taken a shine to,too & that too it had to be these gorgeous cookies....ok get my glass of milk,will ya? It has to be a cookies & milk star gazing party tonight.
Oh i'm thrilled to bits & over the moon,tickled pink at the same time and in all my excitement i missed Maria's correct name that was right under or rather in front of my nose,now in all this excitement i so do hope that i dont miss an ingredient or 2 or mess up the recipe...hehehehe...lol(not lots of luv but laugh out loud this time mom)

This is sounding like my dairy now,but i cant stop adding this today,its the 26 th oct & am so so thrilled with my goodie bag of white chocolate callets in belgian chocolate,boy the do taste great,& i have biggish cute buttons in place of chocolate chips,perfect....and also have a big tub of hazlenut paste from turkey,a stonger,thicker,semi-sweet version of my fav nutella,oh will make a great frosting to drizzle with confectioners sugar.And yeah half a shelf in the refrigerator actually looks a little butter kiosk,and im so happy,i wont have to worry about running short again,atleast for awhile.And part 2 of this thrilling & joyfull news is that am going to recieve a few more callets(button chips)in a day or two,single origin in milk(33%)for my choco chip cookies & the like & dark choco(53%-70%)

 FIND THIS DELICIOUS & THUMBS -UP RECIPE HERE,A MUST TRY

Atlast today my cookies sit warming(heat)in the oven,baking to perfection,my first ever choco-chip(ok i have callets,i.e cute as a button buttons but then this is good choco not the compounded variety & the first time i ever managed to get my hands on these)and they are already looking yummy...is it a coincidence that my first event is sweet & simple bakes & is a choco chip cookie & i managed to find chocolate,all at the same time?

These are sweet & crispy(i baked a little longer coz my oven takes time & i love 'em crispy or crunchy ,u get the picture?)but shouldn have placed the callets(my chips)on top,kinda browned.The other change i had to do was zest,had to make do with lemon zest coz after zest a few oranges,gave up coz they were bitter & they werent the oranges nigella & rachell allen zests with(sorry couldn find those) but will definately try those with orange and double the amount of ---this---recipe coz i havent even photographed 'em & they are already ''sold out'',hehehehe.

The other excitment for me with these cookies is that am working with real chocolate,chips ,callets et all,for the very first time...i mean t'was so so exciting when i melted the chocolate to drizzle(ok a little more than drizzle) over.Had to hide 'em to set overnight else would have no pics really.

And best parts the aroma wafting all over the home from the kitchen,aah....everybody knew cookies were sitting in the oven.






COOKIE'S DIPPED IN WHITE &DARK CHOCOLATE

DRIZZLED COOKIE WITH MELTED CALLETS & SPRINKLES






 
 
 
 
 

 
THESE COOKIES YOU MUST TRY & JOIN SWEET & SIMPLE IN THEIR NOVEMBER BAKE,U'LL LOVE IT!!!!
Sweet,Simple & very very tastee,ok delicious....am very very happy with my first bake & there's yet time for the round up but am already all eager beaver to know what's next month's bake...oh yeah,have to wait till the 3rd of november to visit Maria and Rosie's Sweet & Simple site to peekabo on what amazing bake they have up for us for november......love u guys for bringing home these lovely cookies!!!!!

The callets i tipped on were a little browned but yet yummy......m&m's anyone?