Malted Milk Cookies

Submitted by MizzNezz

"Great change from the chocolate chip."

 

• Ready In: 22mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Yields: 3 dozen

ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• 3⁄4 cup packed brown sugar
• 1⁄3 cup sugar
• 1 large egg
• 2 teaspoons vanilla
• 2 1⁄4 cups flour
• 2 tablespoons instant chocolate drink mix (I use Nestles)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 2 cups malted milk balls, crushed

directions

1. In mixing bowl, cream butter and sugars.
2. Beat in egg and vanilla.
3. Mix dry ingredients; gradually add to creamed mixture.
4. Stir in malted milk balls.
5. Shape into 1 1/2-inch balls.
6. Place on greased baking sheets, 2 inches apart.
7. Bake at 375° for 10-12 minutes or until set.
8. Cool.

Reviews

[HocoRuco]

These cookies were weirdly dry because they don't have any vanilla in them. I much preferred normal chocolate chip cookies and was a little embarrassed to give them to my friends.

 

[Ceezie]

I wasn't totally dazzled with these cookies. I also love malted milk balls and was excited to make these. They taste pretty good kinda like a white chocolate drink mix cookie. However mine were very flat and almost crispy ... I cooked them a little less and that resulted in a chewy kind of cookie. I did also try to add chucks of chocolate because you couldn't really taste any chocolate and disaster ... overall not bad but I don't think I will make them again.

 

[Bluemonkey]

not going to rate because I haven't made them yet but....try freezing the malted milk balls in order to make them easier to crush

 

[twissis]

I love malted milk balls, this recipe & these cookies! I had 2 challenges, but managed both of them. To crush the malted milk balls, I found a lrg wide-mouth jar, put a layer of them in the bottom, used the flat end of my meat mallet to crush them & then repeated the process till they were all well-crushed. That was the only real labor-intensive part of this recipe. Next I saw for the 1st time that instant choc drink was an ingredient & I had none. So I did some research & made some using non-dairy creamer, powdered sugar & cocoa powder. I got 36 lrg cookies that were done in 10 min flat & are TDF! I hope lots of chefs try your recipe & I have 2 pieces of advice for them. Chill the dough b4 shaping the balls to make that process go smoothly & do not crowd these cookies ... at least 2" apart like MizzNezz says. Fun to make & a great outcome is what I aim for & this recipe is right on target. Thx for posting.

 

[Debloves2cook]

When I saw this cookie recipe I had to try it, we love malted milk balls! It was delicious! And the cooler they get the better they taste. As Step 8 says, "Cool" they are good at any temperature...but they are GREAT once they have totally cooled. I'm not sure how to explain it but there is a difference. The only problem I had was chopping/crushing the malt balls, but it is a challenge worth working on for the next time.