{"id":56,"date":"2015-08-15T23:48:29","date_gmt":"2015-08-15T23:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/?page_id=56"},"modified":"2015-08-15T23:48:44","modified_gmt":"2015-08-15T23:48:44","slug":"yin-yang","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/recipes\/yin-yang\/","title":{"rendered":"Yin Yang Cookies \/ Cookie Play Dough"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Ingredients \u2013 Yang (white)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>100g white chocolate<\/li>\n<li>125g butter<\/li>\n<li>60g caster sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla<\/li>\n<li>210g plain flour<\/li>\n<li>50g white chocolate chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ingredients \u2013 Yin (black)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>65g chocolate<\/li>\n<li>105g butter<\/li>\n<li>125g dark brown sugar<\/li>\n<li>1 egg yolk<\/li>\n<li>1 tsp vanilla<\/li>\n<li>125g plain flour<\/li>\n<li>40g cocoa<\/li>\n<li>1\/2 tsp baking powder<\/li>\n<li>40g dark chocolate chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Ingredients \u2013 Decoration<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>40 light chocolate chips<\/li>\n<li>40 dark chocolate chips<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>(You\u2019ll have these left over from the cookie dough if you buy 100g bags.)<\/p>\n<h2>Mixing (same procedure both sides)<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Melt the chocolate; set aside until needed<\/li>\n<li>Beat the butter and sugar on medium until light and fluffy<\/li>\n<li>Add the vanilla to the mixture, and beat until smooth again<\/li>\n<li>Add the egg to the mixture and beat until smooth again (yin only)<\/li>\n<li>Add the chocolate to the mixture, and beat until smooth again<\/li>\n<li>Add the dry ingredients (flour, possibly cocoa, baking powder), and beat again<\/li>\n<li>Add the chocolate chips, and beat again<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>At this stage, both mixtures should be ready to go \u2013 the texture should be firm, and will not stick to your fingers. If it\u2019s too crumbly, add a little more butter; if it won\u2019t hold its shape, add a little more flour or refrigerate for a while.<\/p>\n<h2>Assembly<\/h2>\n<p>Start with the yin (dark) mixture<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take roughly one table spoonful of mixture, and roll it into a small ball<\/li>\n<li>Squash it into a disc<\/li>\n<li>Squash one side of the disc with your thumb to make a comma shape<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cookie_comma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-49\" src=\"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cookie_comma-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"cookie_comma\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cookie_comma-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mrraow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cookie_comma-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Repeat for the yang mixture \u2013 it will be softer than the yin mixture, so can be made to fit snugly against the dark mixture.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, add the seeds; a light chip in the dark side, a dark chip in the light side.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20141001_144202.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-48\" src=\"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20141001_144202-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"20141001_144202\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20141001_144202-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mrraow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/20141001_144202-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Baking<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Preheat the oven to around 160 \u00b0C.<\/li>\n<li>Bake for 11 minutes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cookies_bowl.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-50\" src=\"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cookies_bowl-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"cookies_bowl\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cookies_bowl-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/mrraow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/cookies_bowl-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Notes<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Don\u2019t worry too much about making exact circles \u2013 the mixture will roughly double in size as it cooks, and minor irregularities will be smoothed out.<\/li>\n<li>If you mix the yang (light) side first, you don\u2019t need to wash the bowls and equipment before mixing the dark (yin) side.<\/li>\n<li>If you have time and patience, cookies apparently taste better if you allow the dough to mature for 24-36 hours in the fridge before cooking. I haven\u2019t tested this; unguarded cookie dough has a habit of vanishing in our household!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ingredients \u2013 Yang (white) 100g white chocolate 125g butter 60g caster sugar 1 tsp vanilla 210g plain flour 50g white chocolate chips Ingredients \u2013 Yin (black) 65g chocolate 105g butter 125g dark brown sugar 1 egg yolk 1 tsp vanilla 125g plain flour 40g cocoa 1\/2 tsp baking powder 40g dark chocolate chips Ingredients \u2013 &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/recipes\/yin-yang\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Yin Yang Cookies \/ Cookie Play Dough<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":44,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-56","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57,"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/56\/revisions\/57"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mrraow.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}