I am very happy. The reason is, this recipe has been selected in the top 5 recipes for the contest in manjulaskitchen. I just couldn’t believe it. After I read about the contest in Priya’s blog, I thought of participating in the November contest. The theme was eggless cookies. I have prepared this cookies already so thought of doing it again for the contest. I saw this recipe in a book bought long ago. Baker’s Fiesta by Sangeetha Khanna. It came out lovely. Please vote for me if you like this recipe.
Ingredients:
Flour-250gm
Butter-125gm
Sugar (powdered)-120gm
Baking powder-1/4tsp
Curd-25ml
Cocoa powder(sieved)-2tbs
Drinking Chocolate-1tbs
Vanilla essence-1/2tsp
Chocolate essence-1/4tsp
Cashewnut chopped-1/2cup
Prrocedure:
- Beat butter and sugar until creamy.
- Sieve flour and baking powder. In a bowl add the flour, butter mixture, curd and vanilla essence.
- Knead it into a soft dough.
- Divide the dough into two. Divide one half into two quarters.
- On a rolling board keep a butter paper and place the half dough portion and roll it into a square. Keep it aside.
- Mix cocoa powder, drinking chocolate and chocolate essence to one quarter dough and mix well. If dough is too dry add 1tbs curd to make it soft.
- On a butter paper roll both vanilla and chocolate dough into squares separately.
- Cut them into 10 equal strips.
- On the previously rolled square sprinkle chopped cashew.
- Then place the 5 chocolate and 5 vanilla strips alternately.
- Cut the other 10 strips to small squares.
- Place the squares so that the cookie dough resembles an interlaced pattern.
- Chill for 10 minutes.
- Cut to desired shapes.
- Preheat oven to 200C
- Bake cookies for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes remove from oven and transfer to wire mesh to cool.
- Cookies are always very soft when you take them out of oven. Do not panic.
- They become crispy once cooled. Store in airtight container.
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| Cream sugar and butter |
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| Add the creamed sugar and flour with curd, baking powder and vanilla |
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| Prepare a soft dough and divide as shown |
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| To one quarter add cocoa, drinking choc powder and choc essence |
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| Prepare a smooth dough |
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| Roll the 1/2 portion into a square |
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| Sprinkle a layer of cashew |
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| Roll the choc dough into a square and cut it to strips |
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| Do the same to the vanilla quarter |
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| Place the stips alternately on the cashew layer |
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| Cut the remaining strips to squares |
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| Place them to form an interlaced pattern |
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| Refrigerate the finished square |
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| Cut them into small squares |
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| Arrange on a baking tray and bake |
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| Serve and Enjoy |
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Bless you Gayathri…..this is just awesome ….
Love this chocolate squares.Wounderful
Awesome !
Looking just awesome…..perfect dear..
I can imagine how much hard work you have put in here….looks so royal…I’m going to vote for you :-)all the bestDeepa Hamaree Rasoi
This is speachless…very yummy…chocolate…Loved It
Fantastic work Gayathri, lovely chocolate squares..
Delicious looking checkered squares!
superb! am speechless gayathri-u deserve to win , voted—:), also there’s a suprise for u in my blog
Awesome squares and looks delicious and congrats dear for in Top 5..
Looks great dear, nice pattern and yummy, voted…
No words to tell very nice and yummy
Wow, awesome cookies. Very tempting.
Please collect your award from Veggie Flavours
Looks awesome Gayathri .nice step by step pictures!!
I liked your blog very much. I appreciate for your wonderful presentation. Chocolate square looks yummy, tempting and mouth watering. I feel like having it now.
You are welcome in my blogs.
This is awesome..so pretty,no wonder this came in top five, nice step by step pictures.
Fantastic gayathri…
Awesome Chocolate squares. Nice one.
Chocolate squares looks awesome…great presenation…All the best wishes and congrats…way to go,keep rocking…
These look beyond amazing..good luck with the contest dear..
US Masala
wow, looks fantastic, all the very best dear
The effort you put in the baking section is really amazing gayathri! Cookies look awesome. All the very best to win the contest!
Hi Gayathri, thanks for becoming my follower. Came to say a HI to U 😉
Chocolate squares, my son’s favourite! Looks so yummy! 😀
Congrats Gayathri,Chocolate square cookies look delicious and you have presented it beautifully.
Looks Awesome!!!
This is tooooooo good:-)
woww!! gayatri these look too dainty to take my eyes off them.. will definitely try it out!!
Nice stepwise pictures Gayathri..I love it..
This looks too good with stepwise pictures.. wonderful job.. keep going.
Pavithra
http://www.dishesfrommykitchen.com
Hope I am ur 100th follower…:)
looks yummy!!!!
Love to try tis rite away..but dont have drinking chocolate….my daughter&hubby r also a choco lovers…so can u help me in tis…and once again my daughter will takeout all the cashews…coz she does not like…so wat other alternate wud u suggest for the layer..
Sabina! You can add an extra 1/2tbs cocoa powder instead of drinking chocolate and can omit the cashew nuts layer. The original recipe didn’t have it. So Prepare and let your child enjoy..
awesome looking…am sure it tasted great too…
do check my space when time permits
Cheers,
Binitha
yourstastefully.blogspot.com
Hi Gayathri…this is the first time that I am visiting your blog and I must tell you that I have become a biggggg fan of your cooking…especially the eggless baking….definitely going to try almost all your recipes