I chose this recipe to make in the end of my weekend for some reasons. Firstly, the weather in Singapore these days has been so awful, it has been so hot and oppressive. I just wish to have a heavy rain so that the air is "calmed" down. Sometimes the sun was blindingly dazzling in the sky, heating the air cruelly. Sometimes there was no sun shine at all, the sky was so leaden, seemingly that it wanted to rain but it couldn’t. So I was in no mood in cooking or baking, since I didn’t feel like eating at all. Anyway, I didn’t want to skip any meal, so I tried to make something.
Secondly, I’ve run out of cookie, so I needed to make some for next week. Weekend is when I prepare some kinds of cookies to preserve for my tea time during the day for the following week. So, pulling me out of the dizziness, I made this cookies dusted with icing sugar and cocoa powder. This recipe is very simple in ingredients and baking method. So it is safe for I didn’t want to have any trouble with baking in this uncomfortable atmosphere.
The cookies are firm due to high proportion of flour. The dough itself is not so sweet, which is then compensated by the dusted icing sugar. When eating, the sugar and cocoa will blend with the cookie, so the sweetness is well-balanced.
Ingredients: (20-25 cookies)
- 250g plain flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 90g butter, softened
- 50g sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tbs milk
- Icing sugar & unsweetened cocoa powder for dusting
Directions:
- Preheat the oven to 180oC (350oF).
- Butter two cookie sheets or lined with parchment papers.
- Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt in a large bowl and make a well in the center.
- Add the butter, sugar, eggs, and milk.
- Use your and to knead the mixture into a smooth dough.
- Form the dough into balls the size of walnuts and place 2.5cm apart on the prepared cookies sheets.
- Bake until just golden, 15-20 minutes.
- Transfer to racks and let cool completely.
- Dust half of each cookie with the icing sugar and the other half with the coca powder.
autumn_heart on Mon, 27th Apr 2009 12:40 am
I wish I could try those little cutie cookies now :p
Elizabeth F. on Mon, 27th Apr 2009 10:01 am
These are soooooo pretty!
Kokotaru on Mon, 27th Apr 2009 1:24 pm
If I could share some !
Jennifer on Mon, 27th Apr 2009 5:19 pm
beautiful yet simple!!!
amy on Mon, 27th Apr 2009 10:44 pm
i knowww right! the weather is horrible!
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kiều anh on Wed, 16th Feb 2011 1:37 pm
Do you know how to make this without a stove? T.T
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