It has been more than a month, a lot of stories, but I am still not ready to share. For now, I’ll tell you about these cookies, and summer. This year we have quite a short summer here, the rainy season seems to start again. Two weeks ago it was raining outside and I really want to have some cookies, our fridge was almost empty except for: half stick of butter, a half eaten bag of cornflakes, a handful of raisins,  and a bit of oat and some eggs… you know, those lazy lazy days when you just don’t want to go for food shopping.

Anyway, I made the cookies, and it was yum :) and when I was baking I was kind of missing the summer in Milan. It is abit magical for me, because the city is almost empty every August, everybody goes to the sea. I prefer to stay and do my holiday in September when everybody is back in the city and the beach is much quieter. During August, most people who are left in Milan usually go to parco sempione where they install a temporary amusement park every summer:

…beautiful. I must remember to bring here my polaroid next time I go to Milan. Btw, back to cookies, I was too lazy to measure everything, so I just used tablespoon and hand, and juts kind of throwing everything and mixed them

Then, when the cookies was ready, there was a bit of sun. So I sat in my terrace, enjoying a little of some last piece of summer, with warm cookies and sipping a little glass of macchiato caldo:

Beautiful people, wherever you are, I hope you still have a little last piece of summer. Hugs!

Raisin, Corn Flakes and Oatmeal Cookies

Music: Buona Vista Social Club Soundtrack

One handful of raisin
Three handful of cornflakes, slightly crushed
One egg
5 tablespoons of sugar
100 gram of butter, softened
5 tablespoons of oatmeal
12 tablespoons of flour
1 tsp baking powder

Preheat the oven to 180C
Mix butter with sugar, then add the egg, mix well.
Add the flour, baking powder and oatmeal, mix then add raisin and crushed cornflakes.
Butter a cookie sheet, and using the tablespoon, transfer the dough to the sheet, make around 5cm distance among them, then flatten abit with a fork.
Bake around 15-18 minutes or until golden. Makes around 18 cookies.
Let cool and enjoy :)

These cookies reminds me of that Spike Jonze movie: Where The Wild Things Are :)

Why? No idea, I haven’t even finished watching it :P

May be because I am still amused by these too-cute-to-be-true Japanese cookies cutters, in Indonesia we usually find those moon, heart, star shapes, not these ones:

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Is my cookie too small or is my tea cup too big? :) Made this yesterday, my first reaction was on the first bite was: hmmm…it is ONLY ok, the second bite: ow, it is quite good :) the third bite: I don’t think I can stop eating this :))) Made with four kind of flours: whole wheat+all purpose+organic red rice+oat (both we made at home) (more…)

Gooooooddddd Mooorrrrnnnning saturday!

Beautiful day today, sunny in florence in my little brother’s house. When we were having breakfast, I found out I forgot to put the butter back in the fridge last night, so it is kind of softened. So, why not make cookies? :) This is kind of spontaneous cookies, made without sugar (could not find a pack of brown sugar I bought some days ago), throwing whatever ingredients I could find in my brother’s kitchen cupboard. It turned out so delicious, perfectly sweetened by the barley malt, dried apricot and white chocolate, and the smell woke up the rest of my brother housemates…sorry I,Y and A! :)

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