Another entry in this Baking Yesteryear adventure lol. This time I made starchies. An interesting concept... I was anticipating something like a shortbread cookie. But I was definitely wrong.
Here is the recipe:
1/2 cup (120ml) sweetened condensed milk
1/2 cup (115g) butter, softened
2 cups (256g) cornstarch
1. Preheat the oven to 325F (165C)
2. In a large bowl, combine the sweetened condensed milk and the butter. Beat smooth.
3. Using the handle of a wooden spoon, stir in the cornstarch two tablespoons at a time. Mix until a smooth dough is formed.
4. Divide by rounded teaspoon or small cookie scoop, lightly rolling in the hands to form a smoth 2-inch (5-cm) ball. Place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
5. Bake for 15-20 minutes. Cookies should not brown. Let cool briefly on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
I ended up making a x2.5 recipe because I didn't want to have leftover sweetened condensed milk. And doing a x2.5 used up the whole can, and I ended up with 30 cookies. But I wasn't super thrilled with them. The flavour is delicious! But the mouth feel is very very starchy. Hence "starchies" I supposed lol. Z and Adrielle didn't really like them either. I feel like they would have been better just doing the x1 recipe, but still making it into 30 cookies. Maybe even 48. They might be better just being nibbled, rather than having bigger bites from a bigger cookie.
Anyways, here's what they looked like coming out of the oven.
