Malted Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

Apart from seeing looking at all the flowers and beaches and stuff like that, what else is there to do?   Shopping of course...  Even shopping at the grocery stores are fun!   I love to wonder down every aisle and find products that I can't get at home.  (I wish my family enjoyed it as much as I do... Then I could spend even more time and find even more fabulous products...*hint hint*)
This trip I bought some Malted Milk.   
Now what do I do with it?  Any other ideas -- please let me know.
So far I found this recipe...  And I'm looking for more.

Malted Milk - Something that I haven't seen at home...

 The Goods... (note - I used mini Hershey's kisses.  It was all I had in the pantry and I don't think I would use them again.  At least not in this recipe.)

 Cream your butter, add sugar and cream some more.

 Add eggs and vanilla, beat well.

 Add add the dry ingredients - including the malted milk.

 Lastly, add the chocolate chips.

If you don't have scoops yet,  you need them.  Go out and get them!   Scoop the dough on the cookie sheet.

And they are done.  Enjoy!  Share!

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Malted Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 cup unsalted butter, softened

¾ cup brown sugar, packed

2 eggs

1 tablespoon vanilla

1 cup malted milk powder

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

½ teaspoon salt

12 ounce bag of semi-sweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 350⁰. 

In bowl of electric mixer, cream butter and brown sugar. Then add eggs one at a time, beating well to incorporate. Add vanilla.

In a separate bowl, combine dry ingredients. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients. Mix until well incorporated. Stir in chocolate chips.

Use a cookie scoop to place 1 inch balls of dough approximately 2 inches apart on baking sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes or until beginning to brown. Cool for 3-4 minutes before transferring to wire cooling rack.

Pretty things in Maine

There are lots of pretty things to see on the coast...

 These spring flowers made me smile... I went back to get another picture of them and they were gone...  I guess someone picked them for their center piece for their dinner table?!  Maybe the local deer ate them?  

 Seashells everywhere!  Except for on the beach - we only found 1 full sand dollar...

Kids wanted to give their friends a seashell, so we bought some... (don't tell them!!)

 

 We were really lucky this year - we found a flock of pink flamingos in the fields.   

I think they are rare in these parts of the country :)

The beaches were wonderful!   The water was freezing for us, but the kids didn't seem to mind....

 We got to the beach, they thought the water was too cold...  

 

That seemed to last about 2.3 nanoseconds...   They started jumping the waves.   For folks like us, waves are big entertainment...   

They really did try to keep dry....  I think we learn this every time we go to water... kids are drawn to it, then can't help it.   

Must remember bathing suits for beach walks regardless of the temperatures....

What I didn't take a picture of is the boy and the girl who after they got out of the water proceeded to make a sand castle.   What happens to sand on wet clothes?   A giant mess...  They looked like sand monsters!   Won't mention what the car looked like.

 Yes... Bathing suits!  

Congdon's Doughnuts - Wells, Maine

Should you have the opportunity to go to Maine -- make your way to Wells.   Then find Congdon's Doughnuts... you won't be disappointed!   This seems to be one of the stops we always make (sometimes even twice) it is a real treat.   Doughnuts that taste the way they are supposed to taste - not some fast food type.

I guess at this point I should tell you that yes, it is a restaurant and yes they do bake other things other than doughnuts...   We have only ever had the doughnuts.    I think I am stuck on the doughnut...  

The box...  
Well, I guess I have to tell you that we bought more than one each.   I mean, if this is a TREAT and we only get to have it once a year... then why not have more than one?  And yes, not even a crumb went to waste.

The boy picked a blueberry jelly filled powdery type - you know, the one that is not allowed to be eaten in cars. (If you have seen kids eat, you will know why)

 The girl picked a traditional chocolate dipped - can't go wrong with that.  I picked a blueberry fritter - have you ever had one of those?   I would have taken a picture of it, but I ate it...   Ooops

Complete with tulips in the parking lot!   Again, spring is a beautiful time to visit Maine!