Jenny Cooper – Chocolate Drops

OK… my friend Jenny has really nailed me here! My weakness is Shortbread Cookie recipes. I kid you not! I have several different recipes that I make on a regular basis — I use the fake sugar and low carb flour, so they aren’t too bad for me! LOL

But this time I am REALLY in trouble since she has managed to come up with a CHOCOLATE version! Yeesh! LOLOLOL

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*When I dream, I cook and bake like an artist!*

Chocolate Drops (little chocolate shortie cookies)

HALLOWEEN MEMORY

As a child I lived between the twin USAF bases of Woodbridge and Bentwaters.  Our family became friends with an American family based at Woodbridge and at Halloween we would be invited to go trick or treating on Woodbridge base.  This was about 30 years ago and nothing like this ever happened around the English villages, so as you can imagine we all just had such a great time dressing up and getting sweets that were completely different to what we were used to.  Now trick or treating is slowly becoming a traditional event in the English villages, and I’m able to take my own children around just as I used to way back then.

INGREDIENTS

100g soft margarine (about 9/10s of a stick!)
50 g caster sugar (1/2 cup of superfine sugar)
120g self-raising flour (1.2 cups)
15g cocoa (7 teaspoons or 4.4 Tablespoons)

INSTRUCTIONS

STEP 1 – Cream together margarine and sugar.
STEP 2 – Gradually mix in the flour and cocoa.
STEP 3 – Bring together to form a dough.
STEP 4 – Take pieces of the dough about the size of a walnut, make into a ball and place well apart on a greased baking sheet.
STEP 5 – Use a fork dipped in water to flatten the cookies.
STEP 6 – Bake in a  pre-heated oven for about 15-20 minutes at 170 C until lightly browned.  Lift off baking tray and leave to cool.

Once cool, enjoy with a cup of tea.  My mum often used to sandwich two together with some butter cream and these are especially good.

COMPANY INFORMATION – Jenny Cooper

I make and sell luxury silk cushions that would grace any room and colourful cotton cushions from my own designs.  My bespoke quilt service makes quilts using either new fabrics of your choice or cherished fabrics from for example your children’s clothes.  I particularly enjoy making quilts from children’s clothes as they are all unique, and they provide a good way of displaying fabrics from clothes that may have been worn for a special occasion or just because they were a favourite.  All my items are handmade by myself to a high standard with exceptional attention to detail.

My web address is www.jennycooperonline.co.uk