Wednesday, January 5, 2011

Chocolate Temptations Cookies

Wishing You All Very Very Happy New Year! Last decade had more for me, College, Marriage, Kid and learning at different stops of Life. One big thing i learnt in last decade is Cooking. When i got married in 2004, i knew to make Maggi Noodles, Bread Upma, Pizza's with store bought Pizza Base. In the last 6 years, Cooking turned to be a big Passion for me. as a result you are reading this Food Blog:)

Home made Cookies

Okay, what's my New Year Resolution? Its not just for this Year, as i think, it will be in long term, for the next decade atleast. One is to feed the Family Healthier way. Second, I should Think several times before taking important decisions. Third, to enjoy every bit of Life.  in simple, iam trying to correct the mistakes of last decade.

If you ask me what happened to my last Year's Resolution, Yes i was able to follow it for 6 months atleast.
Last Year's Resolutions were, not to expect other hands for help.( it purposely meant, that i should do all my house-held work without maid). I survived without domestic help for 6 months. later i was pushed to have a helper, as hubby went abroad, and i needed someone to looks after the kid, when i had to look after outside work.

Double Chocolate Cookie

Next was to reduce maida, oil in cooking.  and i have reduced the oil consumption from 1 and half litre a month to 1 litre. but could'nt reduce maida, as iam experimenting on baking mode, maida/APF becomes  must for the experiments.

Coming to the Chocolate Temptations Cookies, I tried it out, from my Cakes and Bakes Book. I just followed the recipe. It turned out fabulous and vanished in just two days. My Son and I loved it!

Ingredients: (yields 24 - 30 cookies)

Butter - 1/2 cup

Semi-sweet Chocolate / Dark Chocolate - 225 gms

Chocolate Chips - 50 gms

Strong Coffee Powder - 1 tsp

Eggs - 2

Demarara Sugar - 3/4 cup

All Purpose flour / Maida  - 1 and 1/3 cup

Baking Powder - 1/4 tsp

Salt - a pinch

Almond extract - 2 tsp

Hazelnut, Brazil nuts, walnuts- 2/3 cup (optional)


To Decorate the Cookies:

40 gms of dark chocolate

Icing Sugar - 2 tbsp

Butter - 1/2 tsp

Milk - 1 tbsp


Method:

1. Pre-Heat the oven to 180C. Line a Tray with Butter Paper and Grease it with butter.

2. If you have Double Boiler, Melt the 225gms of chocolate, Butter  along with Coffee.
               (or)
Boil 2 cup's of water in a bowl and simmer it.  find another fitting bowl, that could sit over the boiling water bowl and place it over the boiling water bowl. add 225gms of dark chocolate, 1/2 cup butter and Coffee to the bowl and melt them together.

3. Beat 2 eggs in a bowl until fluffy. whisk in sugar gradually till the  mix, turns thicker. Remove the chocolate melted, and add to the egg-sugar whisked. Mix them all together, till they are mixed well and becomes Thicker.

4. Sift the Floour, Baking powder, salt  into a bowl. add the melted chocolate-egg mix to the flour and give a mix with spatula or wooden spoon. add chocolate chips, almond extract and nuts and give a mix to get the cookie dough.

5. Spoon in the cookie dough over the greased butter paper and bake in the pre-heated oven for 15-17 minutes. Transfer the cookies to wire-wrack once its baked.

Chocolate Cookies

To Decorate the Cookies:

With the help of double boiler or in double boiling method(refer step 2), melt the chocolate, butter and icing sugar together. once the chocolate gets melted and mix turns thick, add milk to make the mix thinner.
Pour the mix to a Piping bag and pipe lines over the cookies.

* I used Milk cover instead of Piping Bag.
* I did a foolishness of using Demarara Sugar instead of Icing sugar and it did'nt melt and struck in between while piping chocolate lines.


23 comments:

  1. Yum...kids will drool for sure...nice pics Lavi...looks gr8

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  2. Wish you a very happy New Year, Lavi!
    Cookies look great and so does your resolutions. Goodluck to keep it up.

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  3. wow....this looks so good, Lavi. A very happy new year to you too.

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  4. Such a professional looking cookie Lavi....supera iruku clicks. Nice to read ur resolutions too...1 litre per month is wow...:)

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  5. Absolutely tempting cookies.. with beautiful pictures.

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  6. I am into a chocolate craving mode! Wish could grab a few from the pics..
    Happy 2011!

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  7. Lavi,I can clearly see how passionate you have been about cooking in last 6 years.Honestly you have some marvellous recipes here. Even the best of us make mistakes and learn from them and sticking to a resolution for 6 months is commendable :) Managing without a domestic help in India is no joke,you did well for 6 months says a lot about how determined you are.Keep it up !!! The Cookies look stunning I wish I could pop one in my mouth now:) Wish you the best from 2011:)!!!

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  8. They looks soo prefect, gorgeous and absolutely cute..

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  9. Cookies look tempting!!Happy newyear!!

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  10. beautiful cookies ..very chocolaty :)

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  11. Wow wow beautiful picturs lavi..please bring these along ok..:)..and do send these to Kid's delight chocolate feast!

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  12. good resolutions.Cookies are looking gorgeous with ur beautiful clicks. Hope ur son had a great treat

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  13. You have come a far away from cooking Maggi noodles :) Best wishes for your endeavors on the net and on personal front.

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  14. Cookies look awesome Lavi-Happy New Year to you too!!

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  15. Wow Lavi
    The cookies look absolutely divine!

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  16. lavi,
    your cookies look delicious..mouth watering..back after a long time..so happy new year!!

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  17. Sooper pretty cookies...lovely presentation too :)

    Happy new year to you too. Lavi ...

    P.S- T nagar la nalla suthuvennga nnu theriyuthu ;)..BTW cashew powder vangiyirukken from kerala...innum vida porathille...will try again... kaju kathlis ;)...

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  18. Even I got married in 2004-but cooking is not even up to your mark.so my NY resolution is to cook as many dishes as possible from this lovely blog and elsewhere.

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