I have used cocoa powder to make cookies but this is the first time I am using melted chocolate in my cookie recipe. Though the colour is a bit light, the cookie was very nice with chocolate flavour. It also has chocolate chips in them. I saw this recipe in a book I bought recently. I think I should have topped the cookie with some chocolate chips for an amazing look. The texture of the cookie was great. While preparing the dough, make it crumbly. Do not make a soft dough. The texture of the cookie will be very different when you knead a soft dough.
Makes 25 cookies
Ingredients:
Maida/ All Purpose Flour-1 1/2cups
Butter-1/3cup
Powdered Sugar-1/2cup
Chocolate Chips-1/6cup (I used a combination of bitter sweet
and white chocolate chips)
Curd/ Yogurt-1/4cup
Vanilla Essence-1/2tsp
Baking Powder-1/2tsp
Bitter Sweet Chocolate-30gm
Procedure:
- Preheat
oven to 180C.
- In a
double boiler melt chocolate.
- In a
bowl, add butter and sugar and beat until creamy.
- Add
curd and beat to incorporate.
- Add
the melted chocolate and mix well.
- In
another bowl, mix maida and baking powder.
- Add
the maida along with essence and chocolate chips to the butter mixture and
mix well.
- The
dough will be crumbly and when pressed together it will retain the shape.
- Divide
the dough into 25 equal portions.
- Roll
each portion into a ball and press it slightly to flatten it. Don’t worry
if cracks appear.
- Line a
tray with butter paper and arrange the cookies on the tray.
- Place
the tray in the middle rack and bake for 12-15minutes or until the bottom
of the cookies is brown.
- Remove
from oven and carefully transfer the cookies to a wire rack.
- Allow
it to cool completely. When hot the cookies will be soft but after cooling
they come to the correct texture.
- Store
in airtight jar and serve along with a cup of coffee or tea.
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