Cookies

Final Idea + Recipe
My final cookie idea was the cookie slider. The cookie slider involves two patties (patty shaped cookies), Nutella in the middle, powered sugar on top and a pocky sticking through the middle. My inspiration for this was to take a small/ simple but good tasting type of food I like and transform it into cookie form. I believe this was a creative idea as it takes another form of food that would not generally be associated with cookies and transforms it into a pretty good tasting and accurate replica of it. I found a way to replicate the shape of the slider with the cupcake tray and the use of the pocky as an edible replacement for the sandwich pick also turned out well.
The baking process was quite simple, I take chocolate cookie dough and put it in a cup cake tray in order to get the correct shape. Once they are done in the oven I add the Nutella & powered sugar and stick a pocky though the top to serve as a form of edible cookie holder.

Idea Generation
My idea generation process generally involved coming up with a cookie I thought didn’t exist and that would taste good. Sometimes it was something that involved shaping cookies differently, combining different things and using other things as a basis/inspiration for the cookie. I then would sketch it and give a short description on what it is.
Ideas
1.prop cookie — A circular cookie that could fit and be eaten off a finger shaped as a prop.
2.the cookie brick — A kit Kat covered in cookie dough that is shaped like a brick.
3.apple pie chocolate cookie — A cookie filled with apple pie filling shaped like a mini pie.
4.gingerbread apple filling cookie — A bar shaped cookie with apple filling.
5.cookie sliders — A cookie in the form of a slider with Nutella filling.
6.cookie rings/chains Circular — cookies in a chain.
7.puppy chow chocolate cookies — Chocolate cookies with puppy chow mixed in.
8. red velvet UMN themed cookie — An M shaped UMN themed red velvet cookie with M&Ms
9.breakfast bowl cookie — A bowl shaped cookie with cereal filling
10. churro cookie — A churro covered in baked cookie dough
-These are just two pages with some examples of my work-


Idea Test1
My test of idea 1 was a modification of idea 2 from cookie bars into cookie rolls, it was a Kit Kat rolled in cookie dough with a pocky sticking through the middle. I tested two different methods for baking them, the first was to roll them up and just set them on the baking tray, the second was to roll them in parchment paper in order to maintain their form.

After baking them I soon discovered that the unrolled cookies became totally normal cookies and the ones rolled up seeped out the side and did not bake correctly on the inside. I did test another batch rolled up in tinfoil and it failed to bake correctly too. I quickly learned that this idea would be very hard to pull off with the resources available to me as it would be hard to get them to bake correctly in the correct shape. I decided to ditch this idea and attempt another.

Idea Test 2
The second idea I decided to test was the cookie sliders. They turned out pretty well expect they were slightly over baked and they could have been a little puffier. I also may add strawberry or peanut butter to the Nutella filling to add some more diversity in flavor other than chocolate. I learned that they could use a little more flavor could be puffier and need to be more closely monitored so they don’t get too burnt.



Iteration
On my final iteration I made sure that the cookies were not left in as long and that they did not get burnt. I also pressed the cookie dough towards the sides in order to get the best patty shaped cookies. The last thing I decided to change was that I wanted to add one more flavor to the filling to go with the Nutella. After trying out some different combinations and getting other opinions, I decided to go with the strawberry jam as the additional flavor as it definitely was the best tasting combination. Overall I really like the cookie i ended up with as I believe its a creative, good tasting and original idea.



