
Chocolate Chip Cookies using Eagle brand milk that are amazingly egg free. These would be the perfect cookies to bake for someone who has an egg allergy. I was intrigued. I just had to bake them!

I wanted to show you my sister's mother rabbit, sleeping bunny cookie jar. She bought it at a yard sale from a man who said it was his mother's. Its very similar to some other ones we have seen, except it doesn't have glass eyes. The ones with the glass eyes were produced in the 1970's.
This one is not as bright as those and is made from ceramic bisque. Its stamped Brazil on the bottom, but we have not been able to find another one like it online anywhere. I love vintage cookie jars, and have two pig ones.
In any case I decided to use her very pretty jar as a prop with my cookies today. Now back to the cookies.

My cookies didn't flatten out like the ones shown on the Eagle Brand Milk page, but I have to say they are incredibly, moreishly delicious! As well as being very quick and easy to make.
In case you don't know what sweetened condensed milk is I will explain. First of all it is NOT evaporated milk.
Evaporated milk is milk which has been heat treated to remove 60% of the water. It also comes in a can and has about the same density as cream. In fact I often use it in the place of cream, as it is lower in fat and calories, especially in sauces and stuff.

They are not the same thing and cannot be used interchangeably. You can however make your own sweetened condensed milk and I have done so in the past, using regular milk and sugar. You can find a good recipe to do that here.
I also used to make my own when my children were growing up using dry milk powder, butter, boiling water and sugar in a blender. You can find that recipe here.

Usually graham cracker crumbs, melted butter, sweetened condensed milk, coconut, chocolate chips, nuts, etc. You layer these things in the pan in order, and then bake them. Like magic they make a cookie bar. Easy to make and easy to eat!

You whisk together a small amount of flour and graham cracker crumbs with some baking powder, which then gets stirred in.
In the UK there is no such thing as graham crackers, but don't despair, you can use an equivalent measure of Digestive biscuit crumbs. The plain ones, not the chocolate ones. Just blitz them in a food processor until they are the consistency of fine bread crumbs. Easy peasy.

You don't really need to use toasted walnuts, but I always do. Toasting your nuts really enhances their nuttiness. I do them a bag at a time and keep them in the freezer.

DO let them cool before using them. And, as I said, you can keep them in the freezer ready to use whenever. No need to thaw.

As you can see they are also perfectly cooked inside. I am not sure why mine did not flatten out. I used a cookie scoop to scoop the batter onto the pans. Perhaps I should have flattened the balls out more?

In any case they taste gorgeous regardless of whether they are flat or puffed. Chewy and crisp at the same time.

There is a goodly amount of nuts and coconut as well. These are stuffed full of yumminess. I have seen some people replacing the coconut with oatmeal. One recipe I saw replaced the coconut with 3/4 cup of old fashioned oats (3 ounces). Apparently the cookies are not quite as chewy when made with the oats.

One thing is for certain however, and that is that these are one very delicious cookie. Perfect to enjoy with an ice cold glass of milk, or a hot cuppa. Just plain perfect to enjoy all round!

Chocolate Chip Treasure Cookies
Yield: 3 dozen cookiesAuthor: Marie Raynerprep time: 10 Mincook time: 10 Mintotal time: 20 MinEverything you love about magic cookie bars baked into a delicious cookie!Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups graham cracker crumbs (135g)
- 1/2 cup all purpose, plain flour (70g)
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 can (14oz/400g) sweetened condensed milk (Not evaporated milk)
- 1/2 cup butter, softened (120g)
- 1 1/3 cup flaked coconut (98g)
- 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips (360g)
- 1 cup chopped toasted walnuts (115g)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190*C/375*F/ gas mark 5. Line a couple large baking trays with baking paper. Set aside.
- Whisk the graham cracker crumbs, flour, and baking powder together in a bowl.
- Beat together the sweetened condensed milk and butter until smooth. Stir in the flour mixture to combine.
- Stir in the coconut, chocolate chips and walnuts.
- Drop by rounded tablespoons onto the baking sheets, leaving 2 inches in between each.
- Bake for 8 to 10 minutes until golden brown. Scoop off onto wire racks to cool completely before storing in an airtight container.
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