We had several reasons for cookies coming up and not wanting to make the same old chocolate chip cookie, I turned to the Momofuku recipe book for ideas. Knowing it would be something different, I tested the ideas with Miss 8 first.

“How does cornflake marshmallow chocolate chip cookie sound?”

She was sold at marshmallow.

We proceeded to make the cornflake crunch first. It was the most delicious element since feuilletine and easily made too! I can also vary the flavours by mixing in cocoa powder or malt powder. This is going to be something we have ready made in the kitchen from now on.

I have adapted the recipe here so that I don’t end up with half a cup of corn flakes at the bottom of the box, and also adjusted the ratio of ingredients to suit our taste. If you want more toffee-like shards in your cookies, by all means add another 15g of marshmallows in.

Cornflake Crunch

• 210g plain cornflakes
• 55g full fat milk powder
• 55g caster sugar
• 6g salt flakes
• 160g butter, melted

Instructions

1. Preheat the oven to 130C.
2. Pour the cornflakes in a medium bowl and crush them with your hands till they are about 1/4 of their original size.
3. Add milk powder, sugar and salt. Toss to mix.
4. Add butter and toss to coat. The butter will bind the dry ingredients and create clusters.
5. Spread the clusters on baking paper and bake for 20 mins till they are crunchy and buttery.
6. Cool completely before using.

These could be folded into ice creams, sprinkled on top of milkshakes, as a crunchy layer in my entremets, as decoration on cakes…nomnomnom.

Cookie

• 225g butter, room temperature
• 250g caster sugar
• 150g brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 tsp vanilla paste
• 240g flour
• 2g baking powder
• 1.5g baking soda
• 5g salt flakes
• 270g of Cornflake Crunch mix
• 125g mini chocolate chips
• 50g mini marshmallows

Instructions

1. Cream butter and sugars for 3 minutes.
2. Scrape down sides of bowl, add egg and vanilla paste, and beat for 7 minutes.
3. Add in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt slowly as the mixer is on low speed. Mix for no longer than 1 minute.
4. Scrape down the sides of the bowl. Add in cornflake crumb and chocolate chips and mix for 30 seconds. On low speed add in marshmallows. (It would seem like there is a lot of marshmallows – I have reduced the amount here to keep the toffee taste.)
5. Scoop with a small teaspoon to form small balls. These cookies spread like no other so keep them small.
6. Place on trays and freeze them for 1 hour at least. Do not bake without freezing first or they will spread too thinly. These can be frozen for 1 month.
7. Preheat the oven at 175C.
8. Place on baking paper-lined cookie sheets, well-spaced. Bake at 175C fan-forced for 16 minutes as they puff up, crackle and spread. Marshmallows should have melted. (Watch as they burn easily.)
9. Let cool completely on cookie sheet before transfering.
10. Cookies will be fresh for 5 days and keep for a month in the freezer.