CHECKERBOARD COOKIES

CHECKERBOARD COOKIES

 

 

 

 

INGREDIENTS

 

FOR VANILLA DOUGH

• All purpose flour (maida) - 3/4 cup
• Powdered sugar - 4 tablespoon
• Butter - 4 tablespoon
• Vanilla extract - 1 teaspoon
• Baking powder - a pinch
• Salt - a pinch

FOR CHOCOLATE DOUGH

• All purpose flour (maida) - 3/4 cup
• Powdered sugar - 5 tablespoon
• Butter - 4 tablespoon
• Cocoa powder - 1 tablespoon
• Baking powder - a pinch
• Salt - a pinch

 

METHOD

• First make vanilla dough. Mix all purpose flour, baking powder & salt & keep aside.
• Next, cream butter & sugar together & add vanilla extract to it.

 

• Now mix flour mixture together with butter & sugar till a bread crumbs sort of mixture is formed.

 

 

• Now knead dough by adding a little quantity of milk to it.

 

 

• Keep it aside.
• Now, make chocolate dough. Mix cocoa powder, all purpose flour, baking powder & salt & keep aside.
• Cream butter & sugar together & add it to the flour mixture till a bread crumbs sort of mixture is formed.

 

 

• Add a little quantity of milk & knead it into a soft dough.

• Now flatten both the dough separately into a round thick slab.

 

 

• Next, wrap them in a cling wrap & refrigerate it for around 1-2 hours.
• After 1-2 hours, take them out & slice into thick long strips.

 

• Now, in order to make the checkerboard pattern.
• Place two chocolate strips & one vanilla strip alternatively for the bottom layer.
• Now, for the middle layer, place vanilla strip on top of chocolate layer & chocolate layer on top of vanilla layer.
• Similarly, place strips for the topmost layer.

• Once this is done, press the layers together to form the checkerboard pattern.
• Now slice it into square checkerboard cookies using a sharp knife.

• Assemble the left over dough & make any pattern of your choice using the leftover dough.
• I made round cookies using the same.

• Grease a cookie sheet with a little oil.
• Place the cookies on the cookie sheet & they are ready to be baked.
• Leave enough space between the cookies to allow them to rise perfectly.

• Preheat oven at 180 degrees Celsius for around 5 minutes.
• Bake it for around 13-15 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius or till they are well baked.
• Timings may vary according to your oven so keep a check when you bake the cookies.
• Take them out of the oven.
• Checkerboard cookies are ready to serve.