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How to make Momofuku Milk Bar Compost Cookies

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On our trip to New York last year, Martin and I came across many great things. These cookies were definitely top pick. Tracy mentioned them to us before we left and it took 1 petty cab, 1 taxi, and 3 blocks of sprinting to make it in the bakery before they closed for the day. Good thing we made it.

They were delicious.

Since then, I’ve tried and retried making these compost cookies. Some batches were good, others, not so great. Here is a small recipe in case anyone out in the blog world wants to try to make them.

What you’ll need:

1 cup of Butter (That’s 2 sticks, unsalted)

1 cup of granulated sugar

¾ cup light brown sugar

1 tsp. vanilla extract

2 large eggs

1 ¾ cups all purpose flour

2 tsps. Baking powder

1 tsp. baking soda

2 tsps of Kosher Salt

1 ½ cups of hodgepodge items (mini chocolate chips, raisinettes, rollos, cocoa krispies, baked potato chips, pretzels, etc..)

 

Directions:

 

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
  2. Crush all hodgepodge materials into tiny pieces to be put into baking mixture. Set aside.
  3. In a large bowl, put the cream butter, granulated sugar, and light brown sugar on medium high for 2-3 minutes until mixture becomes fluffy and pale yellow. Scrape down the sides with a spatula.
  4. On a lower speed, add  eggs and vanilla to incorporate
  5. Increase mixing speed to medium-high for 10 minutes. During this time, the sugar will dissolve fully and the mixture will become pale white in color and it should have doubled in size.
  6. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Mix at a lower speed for 40-60 seconds until your dough comes together and all remnants of dry ingredients have incorporated. Do not walk away or you will risk of over mixing the dough. Scrape down the sides with a spatula.
  7. On the same low speed, add in the hodgepodge of your favorite snacking ingredients until they evenly mix into the dough.
  8. Baking evenly on pan for 10-12 minutes. I used small scoops to make mini compost cookies.
  9. Let them cool for a couple of minutes (or eat them right off the pan like martin does)
  10. Enjoy with a small glass of milk.

Notice I don’t do a lot of cooking things around here, but I do enjoy baking sweets after a long week of work. Come over and have some!

Places

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I haven’t been to that many places in my life. Or as many as I would like to go, anyway.

My favorite trips so far:

A. Paris – We went on a school trip with my best friends. We went on my sophomore year of high school and it was such a great experience. We weren’t able to travel around Paris as much as i wished, but i’m still happy I got to go.

B. New York – I blogged about this in an earlier post. I went with Martin for our two-year anniversary. It was so fun! We really got to walk around and see all the famous places, as well as a few of the smaller, more indie places.

C. And third… I would have to say, when I was younger, we used to have a huge van. It had a VCR, TV, and lots of compartments to fit random toys. My parents used to take us on road trips all over the western states. We visited Utah, Oregon, Yosemite, the Grand Canyon, and Colorado, among other places. I have a lot of fond memories of myself, Melinda, and Devyn watching movies and playing games in that van. We were too young to truly appreciate all of those places. At times we didn’t even want to get out of the car! That’s just sad. If I could take a road trip again, I’d want to visit all of these places again. It’d be different, now that I am older and could actually appreciate all of these places.

I really don’t have the time to travel much anymore. But if I were to somehow (magically) get vacation time, I’d like to visit so many places. Hopefully, at least once in my life, I’d be able to go to these places. Look how beautiful they are:

1. Guanajuato, Mexico

2. Colmar, France

3. Tahiti (and see REAL Tahitian dancers)

4. One day I’d like to visit Vietnam (where my Dad was from) and see what life is like there, meet the people, and explore these pretty waters:

5. Great Wall. One of the seven wonders of the world. Or is it eight?

6. I think this is Cinque Terre…is that right?

7. The Sapporo Japan Snow Festival

8. Definitely, Italia

9. Greece

10. Back to New York:

11. And back to Paris (especially if they have all of these pretty balloons):

**edit**: All images above are unknown. If you know any of these sources, let me know and i’ll change it. thanks!

Yes, I know, you can’t go everywhere. Plus I don’t have the kind of money to be traveling everywhere. But it’d be nice to go to any of these places. I want to see people, their culture, and what motivates them. I want to look at their mannerisms, their background. I want to meet the locals, find cute coffee shops, and sit and watch everyone walk by. It’s a long shot, but who wouldn’t dream of all of these things?

I used to daydream about traveling all the time, and now that I have a job, it’s been put on hold. I hope that one day, I could go with my future husband and travel the world together. Wouldn’t that be sweet? One of my sister’s best friends recently got engaged in Italy. ITALY! Can you imagine?! How amazing is that?

As I dream about all of these things, I’m still grateful for everything that I have right now. I’m lucky to be where I’m at. I’m lucky to have a job. Lucky to have the family, friends, and boyfriend that will support me. I wouldn’t want to change that for anything. But sometimes I just like to wish.

wish. wish. wish.

New York

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I wanted to update my trip to New York which I took last fall. So long ago right? We had such a great time out there, and I rarely get to travel as much as I would hope, so here it goes:

This trip was a get-away of sorts, before Martin started his full-time job. It was our 2-year anniversary, Christmas gift to ourselves, and our ”desire-to-travel” fix (if that makes sense) all rolled into one. We stayed with Martin’s cousin Paula, who lives in Hoboken, NJ.

It’s such a beautiful city, right near the train which went straight to the heart of New York City (perfect for travelers). It was great because they were able to show us the “cool” places that only the locals know about. We ate Arepas (below), bagels, New York-style pizza, burgers from Shake Shack, Five Guys, chicken from Bon Chon, and anything else you could think of that would remind you of the city. We tried it all!

We stopped by 30 Rock, hit up statues, museums, historic buildings, and celebrated mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral.

Of course, Times Square:

I wanted to check out the MOMA as well as the met, since we are such “art enthusiasts”. Haha. We loved both of them! They get pretty crowded though, but most things around NYC were as well.

The Statue of Liberty. We just took the ferry around it, and didn’t land on the island itself. Next time, I definitely want to get off and explore.

We stopped by Washington Square Park to see the infamous street performers and musicians:

But my favorite part of the whole trip had to be the ice skating. I’ve always wanted to ice skate in Central Park. We skated until our happy little hearts were content. Simply perfect!

We had a wonderful picnic in Central Park the day before we left. We walked to Whole Foods at Columbus Circle and bought our lunch, brought it into the park, and ate it…peacefully. Haha. It was pretty sweet and romantic.

It was the perfect ending to our trip. We laughed, ate, bonded, and were just starting to figure out the subway system!

We really enjoyed our time in New York – sheer bliss, if you ask me. We even got accustomed to the walking pace – everyone walks so incredibly fast in New York. It was crazy!

Hope you enjoyed a glimpse of our trip! :)