malt cookies

I was surfing the internet one day and I came across the recipe for Horlicks Doggies Cookies in Happy Home Baker's blog. I was intrigued as there were no eggs nor sugar in the recipe.

I reviewed the recipe in the blog and made some modifications. The end result is what you see in the photographs in this blog. As you can probably tell, I am not very artistic by nature. I can barely make out what animal the cookies are supposed to be. Most of them are a bit out of shape. I would have ventured a guess and said that my cookies look like dogs. However, if you imagine the cookies in pink, you may see piglets instead. *grin*

INGREDIENTS

280g cake flour
35g corn flour
35g milk powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp ground almond
250g butter (softened)
120g malt drink powder (eg. Horlicks)
semi-sweet chocolate chips
chocolate rice
mixed cereal (eg. cornflakes with sliced almond and raisins)

METHOD

1. Preheat the oven to 140 degrees celsius.

2. Sieve the cake flour, corn flour, milk powder, ground cinnamon and ground almond in a bowl. Set aside.

3. In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and the malt drink powder until light and fluffy. Fold in the flour and mix until just combined.

4. Scoop a teaspoonful of the dough into the palm of your hand. Add 2 pieces of chocolate chips and roll into balls.

5. Flatten the balls slightly with the palm of your hand.

6. Decorate the flattened balls with the following:-

(a) chocolate rice - for the eyes

(b) chocolate chip - for the mouth

(c) cereal / sliced almond / raisins - for the ears

7. Bake for 25 minutes or until the cookies are golden brown.

8. Let the cookies cool thoroughly before storing in an air-tight container.

TIP

If you were to add 2 chocolate chips to the dough, you may find that the cookies are not sweet enough if you have a sweet tooth. If you prefer that the cookies be sweeter, add 3 chocolate chips instead. I would not advise that you add more than 3 chocolate chips else it would be difficult to roll the dough into balls.