Cookies recipes

Tea Cakes

Ingredients:-

  • 1 cup margarine, softened
  • 1/4 cup confectioners’ sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup toasted pecans, chopped

For Coating

  • Confectioner’s sugar
  

Method:-

  1. Mix together cream margarine, confectioner’s sugar and vanilla until flufy.
  2. Mix it in the flour and kneading well to make a dough. Chill for 2 hours.
  3. Make small pieces of dough and roll it into a small balls and placed on greased baking sheet.
  4. Place this baking sheet into oven and bake at 375 degree untill light brown.
  5. Remove from oven and place on wire rack.
  6. Coat the tea cakes by rolling it in confectioner’s sugar and serve.
  7. can be store in airtight container for later use.
Grated Chocolate roll

Ingredients:-

  • Eggs ——– 4, seprated
  • Castor sugar ——– 1/2 cup
  • Hot water ——– 2 tbsp
  • Dark chocolate ——– 60 gms, grated
  • Self-Raising flour ——– 1/2 cup
  • castor sugar ——– 2 tbsp (extra)
  • Thickened cream ——– 3/4 cup
  • Icing sugar ——– 2 tbsp
  • vanilla essence ——– 1tsp

Method:-

  1. Grease a 25 cmx 30 cm swiss roll pan, Line base and sides with paper , grease paper well.
  2. Beat egg-yolks and sugar in a small bowl with electric mixer for about 5 minuted or until thick and creamy.
  3. Transfer mixture to the large bowl, fold in hot water and chocolate, then fold in sifted flour.
  4. Beat egg whites in small bowls with electric mixer or beater untill soft peak form, fold into mixture , pour into prepared pan.
  5. Bake in moderate oven for about 12 minutes. Turn immedietly on to paper which has been sprinkled with extra sugar.
  6. Turn crisp edges from sides of cake in pepper form the long side. Stand two minutes,
    unroll, cool.
  7. spread with vanilla cream, roll up.
  8. Serve topped with extra whipped cream and chocolates curls if desired.

Vanilla cream: Beat cream, icing sugar and essence in a small bowl with electric mixer or beater until soft peaks form.

Mini Meringues

Ingredients:-

  • Egg white ——-04
  • Caster sugar——-1-1/4 cups
  • Sifted corn flour ——-1 tbsp
  • White vinegar ——-1 tsp
  • Red food colour ——- 2 drops

mini meringues recipe

mini meringues recipe

Method:

  1. Beat egg whites until stiff peaks form. Beat in caster sugar by the spoonful, untill sugar has dissolved and the mixture is thick.
  2. Fold in corn flour, vinegar and food color. Pipe rosettes on to a baking
    sheet lined with foil and bake at 100 degree C for 40 minutes.
  3. Switch off the oven and leave it to dry out.