Trial and Error - Cornflake Cookies

Today's buzzwords are frugality and necessity. And oversight. Having some frosting leftover from yesterday's orange cupcakes, I decided to make some impromptu cornflake cookies with it. This was also due to the fact I had half a packet of cornflakes in the pantry that no one paid attention to for months on end. So I decided to create my own recipe...and learned from it.

The frosting had roughly 80g of butter, three tablespoons of icing sugar and some lemon juice. I added another two tablespoons of caster sugar, an egg, a splash of vanilla extract and mixed these till fluffy. Then gradually I put in flour and baby oats, one tablespoon at a time until I felt the batter could hold its shape. There were three tablespoons of flour and oats each. Lastly, I added one cup of crushed cornflakes and 1/3 cup of raisins for good measure. These were baked for 20 minutes at 175C. Also you noticed there was no raising agent involved, as I like to live dangerously...not really, I  forgot to put some in. So it would be nice to add one teaspoon of baking powder or baking soda into the flour.

However, my instincts were not in sync today and the flour to butter ratio was unequal; butter started to flow away from the baking pan and onto the oven floor. I even spilled some while removing the pan from the oven. Sigh...more cleaning to do. Good thing was, the cookies turned out alright, lovely crunch and aroma from the cornflakes and sweet, chewy goodness from the raisins.