I used to buy cookies in a coffee shop, but when I read the composition, I realized that it is cheaper and better to cook it yourself. Here's how to make a giant chocolate chip cookie.
Almost every day I go for a walk with my child. While walking, I like to buy coffee and cookies and have myself a delicious snack. True, the cost of such a snack is 175 rubles. Coffee 100 rubles and biscuits 75.
I decided that it was a little expensive and I could make such a cookie myself. I had a recipe for it long ago. I spent only 30 minutes on cooking, but the most interesting thing is how much money I spent.
I will give all the calculations at the end. Immediately I will make a small remark that I buy most of the products in small wholesale, so do not be surprised if some prices seem unrealistically low to you. Let's cook!
Step by step recipe on how to make chocolate cookies
I take the butter out of the refrigerator in advance so that it becomes room temperature.
Beat butter with sugar, salt and soda until light and smooth.
I add eggs, vanilla extract and mix.
I pour in all the flour at once and mix with a mixer, then add chocolate and mix with a spatula.
I divide the dough into portions. I weigh each portion, 65 grams will make the perfect cookie.
I roll the dough into balls, this step is not necessary, I just wanted it to be beautiful.
I leave more space between the cookies, as the cookies will spread during baking. I got 9 cookies on a standard baking sheet.
Before baking, I put the cookies in the freezer for 5 minutes or in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
I bake for 15-17 minutes at 180 ° C. The biscuits are soft immediately after baking. After cooling, it will become dense, but moist inside. Let's calculate how much these cookies cost me.
Ingredients:
- Flour 400 g - 16 rubles (40 rubles / kg)
- Chocolate 300 g - 210 rubles (700 rubles / kg)
- Butter 220 g - 110 rubles (500 rubles / kg)
- Cane sugar 200 g - 30 rubles (150 rubles / kg)
- Sugar 180 g - 5 rubles (25 rubles / kg)
- Salt 15 g - 1.5 rubles (100 rubles / kg)
- Soda 5 g - 0.2 rubles (40 rubles / kg)
- Vanilla extract 5 g (or 20 g vanilla sugar) - 75 rubles (15,000 rubles / kg)
- Eggs 2 pcs - 14 rubles (70 rubles / 10 pcs)
I made 22 cookies from these products. I spent 461.70 rubles, round up to 462. Thus, the cost of one cookie turned out to be 21 rubles. And I didn’t skimp on products at all, but used all the best.
Replacing vanilla extract with vanilla sugar makes it even cheaper.
What do you think, is it cheaper to buy ready-made products or make yourself?