Chocolate Overload Cookies

Cookies:

125 g Butter, softened

¾ cup Brown Sugar

1 teaspoon Vanilla Essence

1 Egg

2 cups standard plain Flour

1 teaspoon Baking Powder

2 tablespoons Cocoa

a handful Chocolate Chips (approximately)

Icing:

10-20 g butter, softened/melted

2 cups Icing Sugar

½ teaspoon Vanilla Essence

1 tablespoon Cocoa

2 tablespoons Water

Cookies:

Preheat the oven to 190°C.  Cream butter, sugar and vanilla together until light and fluffy.  Add egg, beating well.  Sift flour, baking powder and cocoa together and mix into creamed mixture.  Mix chocolate chips into the cookie dough.  Roll heaped teaspoonsful of mixture into balls and place on an oven tray.  Flatten slightly with a fork.  Bake at 190°C for about 12 minutes.  Leave to cool down before icing.

Icing:

Sift icing sugar and cocoa into a small saucepan.  Add butter and vanilla.  Add water gradually to get it to a spreadable consistency.  Put on a low heat for a few minutes and stir until the cookies are ready to be iced.

Orange Chocolate Biscuits

125 g Butter, softened

¾ cup Sugar

1 Egg

2 cups standard plain Flour

1 teaspoon Baking Powder

2 tablespoons Cocoa

grated rind of 1 Orange

Preheat the oven to 190°C.  Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy.  Add egg, beating well.  Grate the orange rind into the mixture.  Sift flour, baking powder and cocoa into the creamed mixture.  Mix it together well.  Roll heaped teaspoonsful of mixture into balls and place on an oven tray.  Flatten slightly with a fork.  Bake at 190°C for about 12 minutes.  Bake for a few minutes longer if you want them crunchier.

The number of cookies you make depends on how big you make ‘em.

Honey Oat Biscuits

125 g Butter, melted

1 ½ cup Sugar

2 tablespoons Honey

1 cup standard plain Flour

1 teaspoon Baking Powder

2 teaspoons Cinnamon

1 ½ cups Rolled Oats

 

Preheat oven to 180°C.  Cream butter, sugar and honey together until pale.  Sift flour, baking powder and cinnamon into the mixture.  Stir well.  Roll tablespoonsful of mixture into balls.   Cover an oven tray with baking paper.  Place the balls onto the oven tray and flatten with a fork.  Bake at 180°C for 15 minutes or until golden.  Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

The number of cookies you make depends on how big you make ‘em.