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Chocolate and Macadamia Cookies






Chocolate and Macadamia Cookies


I used a whole 250 g bar of Whittaker's Macadamia Block (please note that this is milk chocolate). The Whittaker's Macadamia Block is good value, it is full of nuts and you don't need to buy extra for these cookies (macadamia nuts are quite expensive!): with one block we made 30 good sized cookies!



Ingredients:
250 g macadamia chocolate
100 g butter
2 eggs
100 g sugar
200 g self rising flour
1 tsp cocoa
1/2 tsp vanilla paste (ar a few drops of vanilla essence)
icing sugar to roll the cookies in before baking




Melt the chocolate with the butter, then stir in the eggs, sugar, self rising flour, cocoa and vanilla paste (or essence). You will get a very oily dough. Line a 90 cm baking tray (or two 40 cm baking trays) with baking paper. Make little balls with your hands (about the size of a heap teaspoon) and roll them in icing sugar. Place on the baking tray, remembering that during baking they will flatten and take a cookie shape, so leave enough space between each ball (don't look at the photo here, once all the balls were ready we repositioned them a bit more far apart from how they appear in the pic above - those are too close!). Bake at 160°C for 20 minutes, then take them out of the oven and let them cool down on the baking tray: do not touch them until they are cold, even if they smell amazing: they are too soft when hot. They are very rich and chocolatey, so they should last a while...




Photos and Recipes by Alessandra Zecchini ©



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  1. Nuccio GattoMay 19, 2011 at 4:36 PM

    Che piccole golosità...complimenti sembrano buonissimi...ciao.

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  2. Priya SureshMay 19, 2011 at 7:36 PM

    Scrumptious and very addictive cookies..

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  3. LaMagicaZuccaMay 19, 2011 at 8:55 PM

    Sono passata dal tuo blog per caso... (posso parlare italiano vero???) Complimenti per la qualità delle ricette, delle foto e delle tante idee da cucinare, mi sono aggiunta ai tuoi sostenitori perchè non ti voglio perdere di vista... se ti va passa a trovarmi, sei la benvenuta... a presto

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  4. Food Glorious Food!May 20, 2011 at 2:25 AM

    I tried making this earlier and it's perfect! thanks for sharing!

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  5. SwathiMay 20, 2011 at 4:05 AM

    Cookies is awesome perfect. I am in for it.

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  6. EleonoraMay 20, 2011 at 8:12 AM

    oh!!!!
    colpita e affondata!!
    con questi hai fatto proprio centro!

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  7. soph00May 23, 2011 at 3:29 PM

    why are they rolled in icing sugar? what is the point to this?

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  8. AlessandraMay 24, 2011 at 10:58 AM

    Thank you for your question soph00.

    They are rolled in icing sugar to keep the oils in, otherwise you would loose them during baking. The final result is a cookie with a crunchy crust and a soft centre. If you are new to baking try to experiment by baking some without the sugar, and some with, and then you will see the difference :-).

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