Hey guys,
So i'm gonna start off by saying, I should never mess with recipes. Whenever I try to change something, they always taste awful. And today, was no exception. and I mean AWFUL.
I started out with a harmless cookie recipe from All Recipes for Best Big Fat Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies, which sounds amazing right? and I thought to myself, I bet I can change a few ingredients and make them a bit healthier.
This is really where I should have stopped myself, cookies are not meant to be healthy, they are meant to be delicious chocolately treats. If it was that simple, everyone would be making really healthy cookies. Also, I know nothing about healthy eating. My little sister is a vegetarian and lives off a fresh, organic and mostly vegan diet, whereas I love pizza, ribs, fried chicken and really any sort of potatoes. Not asking her for help, was my biggest flaw here I think!
I kept the recipe mostly the same, however I replaced the butter with banana, the egg with flaxseed and water, and the sugar with a truvia substitute. I think next time if I do attempt it again (maybe, maybe not) i'll just replace one thing, and experiment to see how I can make them taste good.
As there is banana instead of butter, I thought i'd make my cookies into chocolate banoffee cookies. So instead of just chocolate chips I used chocolate chips and fudge pieces and even cut up some galaxy counters (so upset I wasted my galaxy!)
I really would have been better off just eating this! (and it would have tasted amazing)
The cookie dough itself looked nothing like my usual cookie dough:
Usually I can roll my dough up into balls and put it in the oven, but this was still quite runny!
That does not look appetizing at all does it! I cooked them for 15 minutes and when they came out they looked a little odd!
They were really dark and had big holes in! Turns out fudge isn't a massive fan of being cooked! I let them cool a little but couldn't wait to try one!
MISTAKE
They taste awful. Like really, really bad. If you've ever been to a brewery and seen the leftover yeast, or you've ever worked or studied in a lab with yeast, you'll know exactly how awful they tasted when I say that's exactly what it was like.
I don't really get it, because there isn't even any yeast in it! My sister thinks its the flaxseed.
I think in the future i'll definitely stick to baking something tried and tested before!
Have you ever tried to make up your own recipe and its gone terribly wrong? I know I can't be the only one!
Love Amylou x
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