Soft And Crumbly Chocofill Cookies

Do you remember, the cookies which are available in the market as ''dark fantasy'' ??
Well this is exactly the same cookie, but made at home. These are so so simple to make you'd be surprised as to how easy making cookies is, which tastes just like the store bought one's.
Once you bite into these cookies, the first feel is the soft cookie crumbling in your mouth to melt and then the burst of liquid chocolate just compliments the cookie so well. Its almost the perfect marriage of cookies and chocolate.
The only thing about cookies is that they need your constant attention so that they don't burn. I need to stand by the oven all the time checking on the cookies . 
I assure you once you try these you will definitely make them again..

Recipe Source- Rithika Chandran

Ingredients:

• Wheat Flour/Maida – 11/4 Cup
• Cocoa Powder – 2 Tbsp
• Unsalted Butter - Half Cup  
• Powdered Sugar- ¾ Cup
• Vanilla Essence- 1 Tsp
• Broken Chocolate Chunks – 4 Tbsp 
• Egg Substitute- 2 Tbsp Water + 1 Tbsp Oil + 2 Tsp Baking Powder = 1 Egg

          (Add all these ingredients in a bowl in the same order and beat it well till it becomes  

                 frothy)

Method:

In a bowl, add butter and powdered sugar.  Beat till it becomes smooth and creamy.

Now prepare the egg substitute- add 2 Tbsp from the mixture to the butter and beat it well.
Add vanilla essence and mix it well.

Sieve the flour and cocoa powder together and add to the wet ingredients and fold it well.

If the dough is sticky, that’s ok, as we would be transferring it to a ziplock bag and refrigerating it for 30 minutes.

This dough is going to be very limp, do not get worried.

Preheat the oven at 180C for ten minutes.

After 30 mins, take your dough from the fridge.

You could divide the dough into equal numbers and size using an ice-cream scoop, as per your requirement and shape it into a ball.

Now flatten the cookie dough (like how one would make kachoris :) )

Keep the chocolate in the centre and cover it and roll into a ball and slightly press them into discs.

Line the baking tray with parchment paper or lightly grease it.

These cookies will spread a little, so leave enough gap in-between each cookie .

Bake these for about  18- 20 mins.

Chocolate oozing from the cookie :)

A few tips:

• I used chilled chocolate ganache and rolled them into a grape size ball and used it as the stuffing as chocolate hardens up and that would be similar to a choco-chip cookie texture.
• You could get creative and use nutella..
• You may also add chocolate chips on top to decorate.
• You can refrigerate the dough and ganache upto two weeks.
• Just microwave this cookie for about 10-15 seconds in the microwave before you eat them. The warm cookie along with the warm melted chocolate tastes divine. This is totally optional !

Do try this and leave me a comment.