Entomophagy Treats – Chocolate Chirp Cookies
Made using cricket flour and dry roasted crickets, these cookies are a brilliant way to ease yourself into the wide world of entomophagy (eating insects). A healthy alternative to regular chocolate chip cookies, packed full of protein and superbly delicious!
Ingredients
To make these delicious chocolate chip cookies you will need:
- 1 ¼ cups of flour
- 1 cup of cricket flour
- 1 tsp of baking soda
- 1 cup of unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup of caster sugar
- ¾ cup of brown sugar
- 1 tsp of vanilla
- 2 medium sized eggs
- 300 g of chocolate chips
- 1 cup of mixed nuts (optional)
- ½ cup of dry roasted crickets
- Butter to grease the tray
Utensils
- Large mixing bowl
- Wooden spoon
- Backing tray
- Teaspoon
- Cooling rack
Instructions
Follow these simple steps to make the best chocolate chip cookies you have ever tasted!
- Start off by preheating your oven to 190℃
- Mix together the butter, sugar, and the vanilla in the large mixing bowl and beat using the wooden spoon until smooth and creamy.
- Beat the eggs into the mixture and slowly add both types of flour, salt and baking soda.
- Add the nuts, insects and chocolate chips into the mixture and stir until thoroughly mixed in.
- Using a small bit of butter grease your baking tray so the cookie mixture does not stick when baking.
- Place rounded size teaspoonfuls of the mixture onto the baking tray and space them evenly apart from one another.
- Place the tray in the oven and bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes.
- Once the cookies have finished baking, remove them from the oven and place them on a cooling rack and let them rest.
If you’ve tried making these cookies yourself, send us a picture on instagram using the hashtag #pestaurant, or send us a tweet to @Rentokil_PestIE – we’d love to hear from you.
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