Funfetti Cornflake Crunch Cookies. Okay, full disclosure, these are very similar to those amazing cookies you find at Momofuku‘s Milk Bar, but we’ve added a Funfetti twist to it, because if you’re pulling out all the stops already and going over-the-top, you might as well go all the way! As usual, I reduce the sugar because the originals are way sweet and nobody has any business eating that much sugar.
Ingredients:
5 cups Corn Flakes
2 cups flour
1 1/4 cups unsalted butter at room temperature, cut into cubes
36 miniature marshmallows
3/4 cup miniature milk chocolate chips
1/3 cup organic raw sugar
1/3 cup brown sugar
3 tbsps sweetened condensed milk
2 tsps sea salt
1 tsp organic vanilla extract
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp baking soda
1 egg
4 tbsps rainbow sprinkles
Instructions:
1. Place Corn Flakes, 3 tbsps sweetened condensed milk, 1/4 cup butter, 1/2 tsp salt and half of brown sugar on a baking tray. Bake at 300°F for 15 minutes. Set aside.
2. In large bowl, use handmixer to cream 1 cup butter and half of brown sugar and all of raw sugar. Mix till creamy for 2 minutes.
3. Add egg and vanilla, cream with handmixer for another 5 minutes.
4. In another bowl, mix flour, 1 1/2 tsps salt, baking powder and baking soda.
5. Slowly add-in flour mixture to butter mixture using handmixer. Mix for 1 minute.
6. Using spatula, fold-in chocolate chips, corn flake mixture and sprinkles. Mix gently till combined evenly.
7. Using hands, form dough into 12 large balls. Stuff each dough ball with 3 marshmallows. Place on parchment paper-lined tray and refrigerate for one hour.
8. Set oven at 370°F. Arrange dough balls about 3-4″ apart from one another on baking sheet. Bake 13-15 minutes till golden. Transfer to cooling rack and store in air-tight container. Makes 1 dozen.
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For years now New Yorkers have been going crazy for Momofuku‘s Milk Bar, enticing their discerning palates with Ice Cream, Milkshakes, Cookies, Cakes and Pies. Now Torontonians too have a chance the savour the sweetness with shipments coming direct from Brooklyn. And better yet, pricing is on-par to our American Friends!
You might already have discovered the phenomenal Ramen at Shangri La Hotel‘s Momofuku Noodle Bar, but with all that additional real estate not being utilized upstairs, all it took was a Walk-in Refrigerator to be installed and now we have officially a Milk Bar of our own. Hopefully in the future these Sweets too will be made on premises and we will be able to taste for ourselves the rage that is Cereal Milk Soft Serve Ice Cream and their Milkshakes!
I’ve tried the greatness that is their Crack Pie ($6 a slice), a thin Biscuit-like Pie which can be described as a buttery, Butter Tart-esque concoction minus the runny-ness. The Compost Cookie ($2 each) is a mixture of Butterscotch, Chocolate, Coffee and Pretzel Bits – absolutely delicious!
Prices are actually rather reasonable and I am intrigued by the Corn Cookie and Birthday Truffles, but alas there is only so much sugar one can ingest within a given period! And I admit it, I kinda want a signature Lucky Peach (official Momofuku Logo) T-Shirt and Tote Bag!
More on Momofuku Milk Bar Toronto here.
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Showcasing a variety of in-market Ontario ingredients, David Chang‘s Momofuku Noodle Bar just launched in Toronto this past September and has been a Darling among Foodies even long before it opened its large Wooden door at the Shangri La Hotel. Situated at the corner of Adelaide x University, the open-concept Eatery is a Sister to a Restaurant in New York City, of the same name.
Over the past while, the likes of Kenzo Ramen, Sansotei Ramen and also super-popular Kinton Ramen (blogged here last week) have proven to be a Hit with taste-savvy Torontonians. With the Winter months forthcoming, expect demand for these warm and comforting Bowls of Ramen (Japanese Noodle Soup) to explode as word-of-mouth spreads feverishly in the City for what just might be the best bowl of Noodles you can get here in Toronto.
Momofuku however, isn’t only just Noodles. Opting to be different, I tried their Korean-inspired Kimchi Stew, a hearty and huge bowl of spiciness. featuring a heaping portion of the Korean Pickled Cabbage, chunks of Radish and pieces of Pork Shoulder. Chewy Rice Cakes add a fun and substantial dimension to it all. I also am extremely fond of their unique take on the traditional Chinese Steamed Buns we get often at Dim Sum. The Pork Belly option is a tender, melty kiss to the mouth.
My Friend Edwin, who happened to be sitting beside me at the Counter, seemed to enjoy the Signature, Momofuku Ramen, including Pork Shoulder & Belly, Fish Cake and a poached Egg, telling me that this just might be the best in the City. And he’d know as he’s tried each of the City’s big four Ramen Shops.
Clearly, the trendy Establishment knows its Market as handsome, 20-something Businessmen could be seen sipping on their bottles of Pabst Blue Ribbon with their Meals. I myself enjoyed my Sake-based Seven Spice Sour, available in a 4 oz.-size.
Momofuku Noodle Bar is trendy, affordable and fast – maybe a little too fast even with my Server hovering over me to pay my bill the moment I put down my Chopsticks.
Learn more about Momofuku Noodle Bar here.
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