Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Chocolate Cookies

Decorated chocolate cookies group 1

Ingredients

250g plain flour
1/2 tsp soda bicarbonate
1 tsp baking powder
1/4 tsp cinnamon powder
75g castor sugar
60ml water
100g chocolate
90g butter
  1. Sift flour, soda, baking powder and cinnamon powder
  2. Combine sugar, water and rum in a saucepan. Cook with low heat to form syrup
  3. Melt chocolate and butter. Add into flour mixture, mix well. Add in syrup to form smooth dough. Cover and refigerated for 30 minutes.
  4. Preheat oven to 175C. Roll out dough between 2 sheets of cling film, about 5mm. Use mould to mold out desired shapes.
  5. Bake for 12 - 15 minutes. Leave to cool. Decorate with ornamental icing.
Decorated cookies group 2

X'mas trees chocolate cookies

Ginger bread man chocolate cookies

Ginger bread lady chocolate cookies

Assorted colors ornamental icing (clockwise): strawberry, cocoa, plain, and green tea

The cookies were very crunchy after baking (even after a day), kids kept asking for more, in fact, I was addicted too ;p However, after decorated them and kept for another day, they turned soft, were rather disappointing during the X'mas day party, lesson learned, do not keep them for long.

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