Today's recipe is a yet another mouth melting cookies with the flavor of chocolate and the crunch of cashews.
These cookies are rich with a buttery flavor,chocolaty taste with a mild sweetness.Its perfect for gifting as it stays fresh for longer.The dough can be rolled out and cut with cookie cutter or sliced with the knife.Here I used 1 inch square cookie cutter to cut the dough.
Basic Information
Preparation time 15 minutes
Chilling time 15 minutes
Baking time 18-20 minutes
Chilling time 15 minutes
Baking time 18-20 minutes
Makes 22-24 cookies
Ingredients
Ingredient | Quantity |
|---|---|
All purpose flour/maida | 1 cup |
Butter/vennai | 1/2 cup or 1 stick |
Cocoa powder | 1-2 tbs |
Icing sugar or powdered sugar | 1/2 cup+1 tbs |
Salt | a pinch |
Baking powder | a pinch |
Milk | 1 tbs(if needed) |
Method
- Mix in all purpose flour,cocoa power,baking powder and salt in a bowl and keep it aside.
- In a bowl take the butter and powdered sugar.Cream it well with a whisker or spatula,to this add flour mixture.
- Mix it to form a dough.If the dough is too crumbly then add some milk and knead it to a smooth dough.Refrigerate the dough for 10-15 minutes.Now take the chilled dough and flatten it on a floured surface or a parchment paper.With the help of rolling pin roll the flatten dough to 1/4 inch thickness.Sprinkle the chopped nuts on the rolled out dough and roll it gently with the rolling pin.
- Trim the edges and cut it with a cookie cutter.Arrange it on a lined baking tray. Pre-heat the oven at 325 F and bake it for 20 minutes or until golden.
- Store it in an air tight container after its completely cool down.
- The cookies will be crispy once its completely cool down.Do not bake it more than 20 minutes.
- Instead of icing sugar,regular sugar can be powdered and used.
- Use a sharp knife and slice the dough,if you are slicing.Don't slice it too thin.
- If salted butter is used then no need to add salt.
Sumber http://www.naliniscooking.com
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