Chocolate cookies

[Paul]

This recipe is adapted from a fantastic book called "Bubby's homemade pies" I bought in Sydney.  From the US, mainly sweet, but some savoury.  This biscuit recipe is primarily to make biscuit crumbs for pie bases, but the biscuits are pretty good!

1.5 cups plain flour
3/4 cup Dutch or good quality cocoa
1.24 tsp baking powder
Pinch salt
175g unsalted butter
1 large egg
1/2 tsp vanilla essence
1.25 cups sugar

The recipe called for all sorts of blending and creaming.  I threw everything in together, mixed it on 5 until blended, using the spatula to push down the sides.  Then I kneaded it briefly on   until it came together.  Roll into a 5cm cylinder and refrigerate for 2 hours.  Cut into 3 mm slices and bake on oven paper for 8-10 minutes at 180, leave to cool.  Crumb some for a biscuit base, eat the rest.

members' comments

Thermomixer - You can of course just make the mix and place in the base for the cheesecake rather than making the biscuits?  Maybe add just a tad more butter. I made a similar mix in a whole piece to crumb as decoration for a dessert - could easily have been a base for a cheesecake.

Paul - The other thing you can do is just roll out one sheet and bake it.  But it's nice to have some leftover biscuits to munch.

cathy79 - For those who are wondering about quantity, recipe made approx 500 g of biscuits.  I needed 250 g for the cheesecake base.  So the little biscuits I have left are perfect for little hands and toilet training treats.

[Thermomixer]

Good work - a bit like a recipe I had recently that called for melted butter - just whizzed it up and all was good.

[cookie1]

Whenever I make biscuits I just throw it all into the bowl and whizz. If it has sultanas etc I add them at the end on reverse. It sure beats creaming etc and the biscuits are lovely.  Cakes I do the full creaming bit.

[Paul]

Whenever I make biscuits I just throw it all into the bowl and whizz. If it has sultanas etc I add them at the end on reverse. It sure beats creaming etc and the biscuits are lovely.  Cakes I do the full creaming bit.

I think that's why you're called cookie!

[Thermomixer]

... and here's me thinking it was a misprint for kooky as in crazy 

[cookie1]

ROFL. I'm not saying who is correct.

[Paul]

ROFL. I'm not saying who is correct.


Maybe both - Kooky Cookie?

[cathy79]

Yesterday I looked everywhere at Woolies trying to find plain chocolate biscuits suitable for cheesecake base.  Then I remembered seeing this recipe.  Thanks Paul!  About to make them now.

[Thermomixer]

You can of course just make the mix and place in the base for the cheesecake rather than making the biscuits?  Maybe add just a tad more butter.

I made a similar mix in a whole piece to crumb as decoration for a dessert - could easily have been a base for a cheesecake.

[cathy79]

So make the mix (with maybe a tad more butter) and bake in the base?  Before proceeding with the rest of the cheesecake recipe?  The thought did cross my mind as it makes sense.  Oh well, biscuits in oven as we speak.  There will be a lot!

[Paul]

So make the mix (with maybe a tad more butter) and bake in the base?  Before proceeding with the rest of the cheesecake recipe?  The thought did cross my mind as it makes sense.  Oh well, biscuits in oven as we speak.  There will be a lot!

The other thing you can do is just roll out one sheet and bake it.  But it's nice to have some leftover biscuits to munch

[cookie1]

ROFL. I'm not saying who is correct.


Maybe both - Kooky Cookie?

That sounds about right.

[Thermomixer]

 But it's nice to have some leftover biscuits to munch

Always nice to have some bikkies to nibble

[cathy79]

For those who are wondering about quantity, recipe made approx 500g of biscuits.  I needed 250g for the cheesecake base.  So the little biscuits I have left are perfect for little hands, and toilet training treats.