Month: June 2012

The world looks brighter

I was lucky enough to be in Dublin yesterday for Electric Burma – a concert organized by Amnesty International for Aung San Suu Kyi. The concert was wonderful, with performances by Bono, Martin Hayes, Lupe Fiasco, Damien Rice, and Bob Geldof, among others. Seamus Heaney was in the audience, and many celebs read his amazing poems. However, the real high point was to be in the presence of such an amazing, uplifting woman.

Driving back to Dingle after the show, the landscape looked more beautiful, and the world looked brighter. We might have gloomy weather in Ireland, and there are many suffering despair and economic hardship, but if Daw Suu can not only survive but keep her dignity and change a nation, we all have hope…

Chei-zu tin-bar-te.

Kieran’s Cookie Recipe

I’ve been tinkering with making our own version of Oreos for some time now, for our cookies ice cream, and I think I have a recipe I can share. They aren’t the same as the original, but what is? 🙂 However, I find them utterly delicious.

If you’re in one of our shops, please taste the recently re-launched brioscaí ice cream and let me know what you think!

One of the great things about this recipe is that it uses 5 egg whites, so it’s a perfect solution of what to do with the whites if you’re making one of our ice cream recipes!

Finally, this is a big recipe, one that will fit perfectly in a Kitchen Aid. A smaller mixer might struggle. It will make more cookies than you need, unless you’re having a party, but the good news is that the dough can be frozen and last around 3 months, so I have suggested dividing the dough and filling in quarters so that you can always take it out and whip up a few when you’re in the mood!

Murphys Cookies

Cookie Ingredients:

  • 400g butter, at room temperature
  • 750g sugar
  • 5 egg whites
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 250g pure cocoa
  • 500g non-rising flour

What to do – the dough:

  1. Beat the butter and the sugar together until creamy and light in color.
  2. Beat in the egg whites.
  3. Stir in the vanilla and salt.
  4. Mix in the cocoa until fully combined.
  5. Mix in the flour until fully combined.
  6. Divide the dough into quarters, and lay each quarter on plastic wrap, rolling them in tubes about 4cm in diameter.
  7. Cover the tubes completely with the plastic wrap.
  8. Freeze any tubes you don’t wish to use immediately. Place the dough you wish to use in the refrigerator until hard.

Filling Ingredients:

  • 240g butter, at room temperature
  • 500g powdered sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla

What to do – the filling:

  1. Beat the butter and the sugar together until creamy and light in color.
  2. Stir in the vanilla.
  3. Divide into quarters, and wrap in plastic wrap.
  4. Either freeze it with the dough for later use, or leave at room temperature for assembly.

What to do – baking and assembly:

  1. Preheat the oven to 160c
  2. Using a sharp knife, slice the dough, with each slice 3mm thick.
  3. Place the slices on a baking tray, leaving 1/2 cm between the cookies, and bake for 15 min.
  4. Cool completely on a baking rack.
  5. Using a small spatula, spread some filling on half the baked cookies, using the other half to create a cookie sandwich.

Enjoy!

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