Lately I’ve been trying to make some of my foodie friends’ recipes. I follow (or at least I try to) more than 200 food blogs in English and Spanish and making every single delicious dish I come across out there in foodville would be impossible. But I like to bookmark and highlight my favorite recipes (see the Blogosphere Highlights section on the sidebar –>) and make the ones that I really, really want to try.
In this case, Jon wanted some caramel cookies and I immediately remembered that Kat had posted a recipe for Salted Chocolate Covered Caramel Cookies (wow that’s a mouthful) so I decided to make them. I am not that crazy about caramel, but these cookies are SO good that I had a couple (and then more) and Jon really loved them. But cookies by themselves are like Christmas without presents so I decided to make a drink I saw on [[Nutella]]’s blog, champurrado.
Champurrado is a Mexican chocolate drink that is thickened with corn flour, the same flour that is used to make corn tortillas. I remember having this drink when I was a kid, but I hadn’t tasted it again in years, maybe decades! And since we are having very low temperatures in this part of the planet, I decided that chocolate cookies and a chocolate drink would warm things up a little.
Champurrado
Translated from Barriga Llena Corazón ContentoThe ingredients:
- 1 Mexican chocolate bar (I always use Abuelita brand)
- 1 liter water
- Sugar to taste
- 4 TBSP corn flour (aka masa flour or corn tortilla flour)
- 1 cinnamon stick
- Evaporated milk (optional)
The how-to:
- Bring water to boil and add cinnamon and chocolate bar. Stir constantly until chocolate dissolves.
- In a separate glass or bowl, dissolve corn flour in about 1/2 cup of water. Make sure it is a smooth mixture. Add to the chocolate.
- Add sugar to taste, bring back to a boil while stirring constantly until it thickens.
- You might add evaporated milk to give it a creamier texture. (I used about 3/4 cup)
¡Buen provecho!
I am sending this post to Susan’s event Eat Christmas Cookies. This drink is very popular in Mexico this time of the year, but the highlight of this post has to be Kat’s cookies. You can see the event’s roundup here.
15 Replies
Love those chocolate goodies Ben. Although I am also not a huge fan of caramel I will always try it if it is presented to me…
Posted on December 8th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Wow, who does not like chocolate? Your chocolate drink looks fantastic…great for this cold weather
Posted on December 8th, 2009 at 9:32 pm
I use the rounds, like the one in the pictures, and I don't know how much it weighs. I'll weigh it next time I buy some.
Posted on December 9th, 2009 at 3:08 am
A mi me pasa lo mismo, lo peor, es que muchas vezes ademas de no hacerlas, no retibuo las visitas,Hoy empece a organizarme y poner una hora en las mañanas para leer mis blogs preferidos y retribuir visitas.
Que interesante esse chocolate con harina de maíz , yo lo espeso a la manera de los Españoles con fécula de maíz.lo probaré.
Posted on December 9th, 2009 at 10:29 am
I adore caramel and love the taste of an undissolved grain of sea salt in a chocolate cookie. I love the style of your photography very much and those jugs with the chocolate drink are perfect.
Posted on December 9th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
I bought them at a Mexican market in Columbus, Ohio. They are adorable, aren't they?
Posted on December 10th, 2009 at 1:46 am
Ohh I need to try the Champurrado! It looks definitively delicious. You know only seeing the word chocolate and I begin wanting it
Cheers!
Gera
Posted on December 9th, 2009 at 9:20 pm
This cookie would be a winner in the house. Love anything with chocolate.
Posted on December 11th, 2009 at 3:04 am
These look fabulous and easy. My kind of cookie. The sweet/salt thing is a winner. Love to mention these on DyingforChocolate.com. Let me know if that's o.k. I'll link.
Posted on December 11th, 2009 at 10:42 pm
That's fine with me. Thanks for the link!
Posted on December 11th, 2009 at 10:53 pm
definitely want to try this!
Posted on December 12th, 2009 at 12:27 am
I love Chocolate caliente!!!! Nice cups.:)
Posted on December 12th, 2009 at 2:27 pm
ooooh, I wanna try Champurrado
Your cookies looks very yummy!
Posted on December 13th, 2009 at 8:00 pm
I want to make friends with your friends. Those are some seriously good looking cookies, Ben
Posted on December 18th, 2009 at 2:11 am
[...] party. Ben of What’s Cooking? from Columbus, Ohio Give yourself the gift of Ben’s Chocolate and Caramel Cookies paired with his homemade Champurrado, a sweet, creamy Mexican drink thickened with corn flour. [...]
Posted on February 16th, 2010 at 8:25 am
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