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🍽️ American Cookies with Poached Egg and Apricot Topping
256 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings
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Ingredients
- 1 vanilla pod
- 540 ml milk (1.5% fat)
- 130 g sugar
- 140 g cornstarch
- 1 egg yolk
- 100 g cultured butter
- 2 eggs
- 200 g spelt flour (Type 630)
- 1 packet baking powder
- 240 g apricots (can; lightly sweetened; drained weight)
- 1 packet light glaze
Instructions
- 1. Slice the vanilla pod lengthwise with a sharp knife. Scrape out the tiny black seeds using the back of the knife.
- 2. Add the vanilla seeds, 450 milliliters of milk, and 30 grams of sugar to a small saucepan. Bring the mixture to a boil while stirring.
- 3. Take 5 tablespoons of the hot milk into a small bowl. Stir in 40 grams of cornstarch until smooth and no lumps remain.
- 4. Pour the starch-milk mixture back into the pot with the remaining milk. Keep stirring until the cream boils again.
- 5. Pour the hot cream into a clean bowl. Let it cool down for about 10 minutes until it is lukewarm.
- 6. Separate one egg. Set the egg white aside for another use. Stir the egg yolk into the lukewarm vanilla cream.
- 7. Add butter and 80 grams of sugar to a large mixing bowl. Beat the mixture with an electric hand mixer on high speed until very frothy.
- 8. Add the remaining eggs one by one. Stir in each egg before adding the next one.
- 9. Mix flour, baking powder, and the remaining cornstarch in a separate bowl.
- 10. Sift the dry ingredients over the egg-sugar mixture. Add the remaining milk. Mix everything briefly into a firm dough.
- 11. Line a baking sheet with baking paper. Take a tablespoon of dough and place 12 oval blobs on the sheet.
- 12. Preheat the oven. Bake the dough ovals at 200 degrees Celsius conventional heat (or 180 degrees Celsius fan-forced / Gas Mark 3) for 12 to 15 minutes.
- 13. Remove the baking sheet from the oven. Let the cookies rest for about 8 minutes.
- 14. Carefully loosen the dough ovals from the baking paper. Place them flat-side up on a wire rack. Let them cool completely for about 30 minutes.
- 15. Let the apricots drain well. Catch the juice in a bowl.
- 16. Top up the apricot juice with water until you have exactly 250 milliliters of liquid.
- 17. Mix the remaining sugar and cake glaze powder in a small saucepan. Stir in the juice-water mixture.
- 18. Bring the glaze mixture to a boil while stirring. Remove the saucepan from the heat immediately.
- 19. Place one tablespoon of vanilla pudding on the flat side of each cooled cookie. Spread the pudding evenly.
- 20. Place an apricot with the curved side facing up on the pudding. Spoon one tablespoon of cake glaze over it.
- 21. Let the cake glaze set for about 5 minutes before serving the cookies.
Nutrition per serving
- kcal: 256
- Protein: 5 g · Fett/Fat: 8 g · Carbs: 40 g