Muesli & Chocolate Chip Cookies

Alongside my porridge oat cookies recipe which I posted last week (you can read here), I have also been baking these cookies. Again being inspired by the healthy eating baking and also having a bag of muesli in the cupboards which I wanted to use up. So I began scouring the internet for another recipe which I could try and voila, here came this recipe. I have slightly tweaked the one I found and came up with my own which I dare say taste really, really good! Obviously if you don't like muesli then these probably won't be for you as that is the main ingredient but I can say that some of the other ingredients make them taste much better.

You will need:

225g muesli

75g plain flour

100g butter

1 egg

2 1/2 tablespoons of honey

1 bag of chocolate chips (or something else sweet you would like to include)

 

First things first you need to preheat your oven to 180c and line two baking trays with greaseproof paper. Then in one bowl mix together the muesli and the flour.

 

Then you need to melt your butter in a separate bowl, I normally just do this in the microwave to speed the preparation time up. Once this is melted then combine the butter with the egg and honey.

 

You then add your wet mixture to your dry mixture and mix them both together well. You must then set this to one side for 15 minutes, this allows time for the mixture to combine and easier to then put into balls.

 

Then, using your hands, roll the mixture into balls and place onto your trays leaving space as they will get slightly bigger whilst in the oven. Once placed onto the trays flatten them slightly. This step can get quite messy when using your hands!

 

You then bake them for 10 minutes, I swap the trays over in the oven half way through so they both have some time on the top shelf. On removal from the oven, leave them for around 5 minutes to cool and then move onto a tray or wire rack to cool completely.

 

And voila, the cookies are made! Honestly this is such a simple recipe and so easy to make. They taste super good whilst still warm as the chocolate chips are all gooey - top tip right there. If you are into your healthy baking I definitely recommend these. They are the perfect snack and I find myself wanting to just eat one after the other. Let me know if you try this recipe and also your healthy baking recipe's if you have any :-)

50 Random Facts About Me

1. I've been with my boyfriend for 4 years

2. I love the smell of bonfires

3. I have a phobia of birds - mainly pigeons, they scare the hell out of me!

4. I absolutely love The Hills, I've watched every season billions of times and still can't get enough of it

5. I have 2 nieces and a nephew who I adore

6. I am a pretty fussy eater and just stick to what I know and love

7. I danced for around 7 years and completed all of my exams with honours

8. I love driving

9. If you didn't know already, I have a huge collection of nail varnishes and cannot stop buying more

10. I sucked my thumb from birth until the day the dentist told me to stop and I did. I was around 12

11. I've always had a dog in my life and don't think I could ever live without one

12. Lauren Conrad is definitely one of my idols

13. With every pair of shoes I buy I have to buy a pair of insoles to go inside them. Yes I have weird sized feet

14. A mini is my dream car, in cream

15. I've moved house 5 times in my life, I miss my last house it was the best

16. My last year in high school was one of the best years, I miss it

17. I love looking through old pictures and remembering all of the memories

18. I would love to travel to Australia and L.A., I'm hoping I'll bump into Lauren Conrad ;)

19. I love being tanned but am not a great lover of fake tan

20. I buy way too many mascaras to try and find 'the one'

21. On the 23rd of this month I will no longer be a teenager, that's scary

22. An old friend introduced me and my boyfriend over MSN, classy, but since that day over 4 years ago, we've spoken every day

23. I cried when my brace was put on and taken off

24. I have a small blue birthmark at the top of my nose which only shows up on some days

25. I can only sleep in pitch black and silence

26. I've seen loads of musicals with my mum, Hairspray being one of my favourites

27. I used to go to Smash Hits concerts all the time when I was younger with my family

28. Covent Garden soup is my favourite

29. My biggest pet peeve is the sound of people eating, even typing this makes me cringe, yuck!

30. I love swimming and always took part in galas and loved swimming lessons when I was younger

31. I love watching snow, it's so pretty although very annoying

32. I'm very OCD about my bedroom

33. I don't like coffee or tea, I do love a good hot chocolate though

34. I'm always on Twitter and Instagram

35. I'm always buying skin products to help with my spots and blemishes

36. I love buying DVDs and my collection is getting slightly out of hand

37. Since working in Accessorize I buy way too much jewellery

38. I've never been a lipstick kinda girl and never wear it

39. I love The Sims

40. I love a good girly night in with films and food

41. I've never worked somewhere with so many lovely work mates

42. I'm always internet shopping, I just can't stop myself

43. I drive a bright blue corsa, you'd never miss me!

44. I'm really rubbish at painting my toe nails, I'll paint them and then leave the same nail varnish on for months

45. I've always wanted to go up the Eiffel tower

46. I have a younger brother who constantly shouts on the xbox, my god it's the most annoying thing

47. I hate people who are always late

48. I can only blink with one eye, trust me I've tried hard

49. I love a good back massage, my boyfriend is getting there

50. I always like to read a book although it takes me ages to get into it and I hate long chapters

I hope you enjoyed this more personal post, I've seen it floating round a lot of other blogs and thought it would be rather fun to do myself! I'd love for you to leave your links below if you've done this tag :) Have a good week ladies xo

What I got for Christmas 2012

 ☃ Benefit They're Real mascara ☃ MAC Mineralize skin finish ☃ Soap & Glory At First Blush ☃ Soap & Glory Thick and Fast mascara ☃ Topshop nails in Rising Star ☃ Essie nail varnish ☃ Benefit boi-ing concealer ☃ Cath Kidston Bath & Soap set ☃ No7 goodies ☃ Lee Stafford hair growth treatment ☃ Boudoir Beauty set ☃ Benefit PORE set ☃

 ☃ Four Christmases ☃ Friends with Benefits ☃ Christina Aguilera - Lotus ☃ Would I Lie to you? ☃ Lauren Conrad - Starstruck ☃ Tangle Teezer ☃ Sanctuary set ☃ New satchel ☃ Chocolates ☃ Jewellery goodies ☃

 ☃ H&M shirt ☃ Primark blouse ☃ Forever 21 jumper ☃ Primark top ☃ Asos mickey mouse top ☃ River Island dress ☃ Hunger Games trilogy ☃ Piggy bank ☃

 ☃ Christmas nails ☃

 ☃ Christmas day outfit - Primark cardigan £14, dress £13 ☃

 ☃ My gorgeous present from the boy ☃

 ☃ Having fun with my nieces :-) ☃

 ☃ Tree and so many presents! ☃

 ☃ Decorations ☃

This may seem like a slightly late Christmas post but I guess it's better late than never hey! Also I only had Christmas day and Boxing day off work and I haven't had a day off since so have been oh so very busy but thankfully I'm sat here now with a day off tomorrow so can finally relax for a while and write up this post for you guys as recently due to work being so busy I've just felt completely out of the loop. And I have so many posts that I keep meaning to write up but just haven't had the time to.

First things first, basically I've taken some pictures which I wanted to share with you lovely lot just showing some of the bits I got for Christmas, I know some people love these posts and I know others hate but I don't see it as 'bragging' or 'showing off' just simply letting you guys have a nose at what I was so grateful for over Christmas. It's not just the receiving of the presents, I absolutely love giving presents, especially the ones when you know you've got something they will really like! It really is such a good feeling.

Anyway I hope you all had a lovely Christmas, I had one of the best Christmases EVER! Not only did I enjoy spending the whole day with my family, eating chocolates, watching Disney films, giving and receiving presents but me and my family also got one very, very special Christmas present... Christmas Day night my sister went into labour and at 3:50am on Boxing Day my little baby nephew was born, weighing 8oz 9lbs he is absolutely gorgeous, mum and baby being absolutely fine! I'm just completely goo goo about him at the moment, cuddles all the time!

I'm not going to go into detail about the presents I received, you can just have a good ol' nosey at all the pictures! I'm so thankful to my family and friends for everything that I received and I hope you all got some wonderful presents as well. If you've written a Christmas post then please leave the link below as I'd love to have a read! :-)

I really hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and I hope you enjoy this post! :-)

xoxo