Viennese Chocolate Fingers And My Blog Anniversary Giveaway Winners
Do you know what a cookie exchange party is? A cookie exchange party is a get together hosted by a cookie lover for other similarly minded cookie lovers. Everyone who comes to the party brings cookies with them, either ones they have themselves baked, or as a last resort cookies they have bought, be
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter , softened (115gm)
- 6 tbsps sugar icing sugar confectioners u2019 / icing
- 1 1/2 cups self raising flour , sifted
- 3 tbsps cornstarch
- 1 cup chocolate semi sweet chips
Instructions
- Pre-heat the oven to 190C (375F). Line the baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Beat the butter and sugar in a medium bowl until light and fluffy. Gradually add the flour and cornstarch. Melt 1/4 cup of the semi-sweet chocolate chips in the microwave or a double boiler. Beat the melted chocolate into the cookie dough.
- Place the dough in a pastry bag fitted with a large star tip and pipe fingers about 2u201d long on the baking sheets, spacing them 2u201d apart to allow for spreading. If the cookie dough is too thick, beat in a little milk to thin it out before you place it in the pastry bag. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer to wire racks to cool.
- Melt the remaining 3/4 cup chocolate and dip one end of the cookies in it. Allow the excess to drip back into the bowl. Place the dipped cookies on a sheet of parchment paper and let the chocolate set.
Notes
And for the winners of my 3rd blog anniversary giveaway. Thank you for leaving your comments because it makes it fun to pick out a winner. As promised, I (the number generator, actually) randomly picked out two commenters to win the books.
The first one is Jayashree and she gets a copy of Weeknight Desserts by Beatrice Ojakangas. The other commenter is the Happy Cook who has won herself a copy of Leftover Makeovers by Victoria Shearer. Congratulations ladies! Please send me your mailing addresses to that I can post them to you at the earliest.