RECIPE REQUESTS

I have had a couple of requests for cookie recipes and as nothing of consequence has happened today now seems a good time to post them.


WHOLEMEAL SHORTBREAD

8oz butter

4 oz caster sugar

4 oz cornflour

8oz plain wholemeal flour

half a teaspoon of vanilla essence

1 tablespoon caster sugar


Grease a Swiss role tin and set the oven temperature to 325oF

Cream the butter and icing sugar together until pale and fluffy, then add the essence and mix for a few more minutes.

Sieve together the wholemeal flour and the cornflour then add to the butter cream and mix well until a stiff dough is formed.

Turn the mixture in to the Swiss roll tin and spread to cover the whole tin. Push into the corners and flatten with your fingers so that the mixture is firm and not crumbly.

Bake for 40 minutes until then remove from the oven and using a sharp knife cut in to 16 fingers. Dust with caster sugar and leave to cool.

These shortbreads are delicious eaten warm and at our house at least a quarter of each batch gets eaten before it finds its way to the cookie jar!

The next recipe is in response to a request for a chewy biscuit, the following is an American recipe because in my opinion they make the best chocolate chip cookies in the world,chewy like these or crisp like ones you buy in New York.

Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookies

4 egg whites

12 oz icing sugar

3 oz cocoa powder

2 tablespoons of plain flour

1 teaspoon of powdered instant coffee

1 tablespoon of water

4 oz walnuts chopped very finely

2oz dark chocolate chips

Pre heat the oven to 180oC. Grease baking sheets and line with non stick parchment. Beat the egg whites until they are frothy. Add the sugar,cocoa,flour,coffee and water to the bowl and beat slowly at first and then at a higher speed for a few minutes until the mixture thickens. Fold in the walnuts and the chocolate chips.

Place tablespoons of the mixture on to the prepared baking sheet leaving 1 inch space between each spoon full. Bake for 15 minutes. The top will be firm and cracked but the inside still soft. Lift off each cookie carefully and cool them on a wire rack.

This amount of mix makes about a dozen and a half cookies.

I hope you enjoy making them .Love Avie x