November 18, 2011

chocolate cookies and honey and spices cookies

These are really easy to make, the recipes are super simple! The dough can be prepared in 5 minutes if you prepare the butter earlier - it has to be soft! The chocolate cookies are rather cruchy and not really sweet. The honey ones are soft in the middle and rather flat - due to the honey added, it makes the cookies soft and moist, if you can call a cookie moist!
Chocolate cookies:
(adapted from www.marthastewart.com) 

Ingredients (makes 24 cookies, more or less)
  • 150g plain flour (1 cup)
  • 30g cooca powder (4 tablespoon)
  • 250g brown sugar, 70 g caster sugar (1 cup total)
  • 1/3 teaspoon baking soda
  • 110g butter
  • 1/2 teaspon salt
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 175*C.
Line a flat tin with baking paper.
Mix butter and both sugars until uniform and fluffy. Beat in the egg, add vanilla and salt. Mix until well-combined. Sift cocoa, flour and soda to the mixture. Mix until just combined. 
Make balls of dough of 1 tablespoon each.
Bake for 10-12 minutes, depending on how crisp you want the cookies.

 
Honey and spices cookies
(heavily adapted from www.marthastewart.com) 

Ingredients (makes 24 cookies, more or less)
  • 150g plain flour (1 cup)
  • 1/2 teaspoon ginger
  • 1 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1-2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 2-3 tablespoon honey
  • 250g brown sugar, (2/3 cup)
  • 1/3 teaspoon baking soda
  • 110g butter
  • 1/2 teaspon salt
  • 1 egg
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 175*C.
Line a flat tin with baking paper.

Mix butter and both sugars until uniform and fluffy. Beat in the egg, add vanilla and salt. Mix until well-combined. Sift all the spices, flour and soda to the mixture. Mix until just combined. 
Make balls of dough of 1 tablespoon each.
Bake for 10-12 minutes, depending on how crisp you want the cookies.

1 comment:

  1. Sounds delicious! Definitely gonna try them! I love baking!

    XoXo
    Plami

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