Chocolate Freckle Cookies

[Trillian]

I just posted this on FB, but they are too yummy not to share with everyone.

Ingredients
125g butter, softened
3/4 cup (165g) brown sugar, firmly packed
1 1/2 cups (225g) plain flour
1 egg
1/4 cup (35g) SR flour
1/4 cup (35g) cocoa
200g dark eating chocolate, melted (I just used cadbury choc chips)
hundreds & thousands

Method

1. beat butter, sugar and egg in small bowl with mixer until combined. Stir in sifted dry ingredients, in two batches.
2. knead dough on floured surface until smooth. Roll between sheets of baking paper until 5mm thick. Cover and refrigerate for 30 mins.
3. preheat oven to 180deg/60deg fan forced. Line trays with baking paper.
4. Using 3cm, 5cm and 6.5 cm round cutters, cut 14 rounds of each size from dough (cut as many as you can, then you need to re-knead a little bit and roll out and refrigerate again, but only for 10 minutes). Place 3cm rounds on one tray and larger ones on other trays.
5. bake small cookies about 10 minutes and larger ones for 12. cool on wire racks
6. when completely cool, spread tops of biscuits with melted chocolate and sprinkle with 100s & 1000s and set at room temp. (we made these on a really warm day, so I popped in the fridge for 10-15 minutes to set and they were fine.

Makes 42.
(I only used a 4cm and 5cm cutter and got 40 biscuits, but mine were a little thicker than 5mm)

[Mother Goose]

oh yummo! I might do these with DD on the weekend if I can stand/sit long enough!

[ss_storm]

why do you tempt me when I'm trying to be healthy and cut back on 'bad food' They sound yummy, and the pics on your FB look great! Might have to save it for when DD is old enough to be eating chocolate and 100's & 1000's

[Junglemum]

thanks Trill. x

[cheekyfrog]

Yum! Thanks!