Cookie Recipes - Chocologs Recipe

  
 

Cookie Recipes - Chocologs

 

Ingredients

  • 3/4 cup/125 g all-purpose/plain flour

  • 1/3 cup/50 g unsweetened cocoa powder

  • 1/8 tsp salt

  • 6 tbsp butter

  • 1/4 cup/50 g granulated sugar

  • 1/4 tsp vanilla extract/essence

  • 2 tbsp milk 

FROSTING:

  • 1 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder

  • 2 tsp cold water

  • 4 tbsp butter, softened

  • 1 cup/150 g confectioners'/icing sugar

Method:

  1. Sift the flour, cocoa, and salt into a large bowl. Use a pastry blender to cut in the butter until the mixture resembles fine crumbs.

  2. Stir in the sugar and vanilla. Add the milk to form a stiff dough. Form the dough into a log 1 inch (2.5 cm) in diameter, wrap in plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 30 minutes.

  3. Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C/gas 6. Butter a cookie sheet. Slice the dough into 2inch (5-cm) lengths and place 1 inch (2.5 cm) apart on the prepared cookie sheet.

  4. Bake for 20-25 minutes, or until lightly browned and firm to the touch. Transfer to racks to cool.

  5. Frosting: Mix the cocoa with the water until smooth. Beat the butter in a medium bowl until creamy.

  6. Beat the confectioners' sugar and the cocoa mixture until smooth. Use a thin metal spatula to spread the tops of the cookies with the frosting.

  7. Draw the tines of a fork across the frosting to resemble the bark of a log.