CNY 2015 Flower Shape Chocolate German Cookies [花花巧克力德式酥饼]

Made these after baking the plain and marble German cookies.  Like the previous bakes, this one turned out well and as good as the previous two as the recipe is the same.

Verdict - the cookies are crispy, melt-in the mouth and very chocolaty.  It's a keeper and a good cookie to bake if you like chocolate flavoured cookies.  The dough is easy to prepare and handle.

Tips - You can make this when you are making the Chocolate Marbled German Cookies.  Actually, with the Chocolate Marbled Cookies' recipe you can make 3 different types of German Cookies.  Hahaha!, imagination running 'wild' or 'confused'.  Just double the quantity, use a quarter of the plain to make the plain flower shape cookies, a quarter of the chocolate dough to make the chocolate flower shape cookies and the remaining half portions to make the marbled cookies.  Very simple....

I made a double portion [shown in red] and use potato starch.

Recipe Adapted from Anncoo Journal

Ingredients
[makes 105 pieces]

125 gm butter [250 gm]

40 gm icing sugar [80 gm] - sifted

125 gm potato starch or corn starch [250 gm]

20 gm cocoa powder [40 gm] - sifted twice

60 gm plain flour [120 gm] - sifted twice

1. Beat butter and icing sugar till fluffy and lighter in color.
2. Sift in potato starch, cocoa powder and plain flour, mix to form a soft chocolate dough.
3. Fill the dough into nozzle mould of your choice, press it with the thumb into the baking tray line with parchment paper and place some coloured rice on top of the piped out cookie dough.
4. Bake at preheated oven at 170 degrees C for 13-15 mins depending on the size of your cookies.
5. Remove from oven, leave to cool completely on  a wire rack and store in airtight container.
   
   
   
   

I'm submitting this post to Best Recipes for Everyone Jan and Feb 2015 Event Theme: My Homemade Cookies 
by Fion of XuanHom's Mom 
and co-host by Victoria Baking Into The Ether

I'm also linking this post to My Treasured Recipes #5 - Chinese New Year Goodies Jan/Feb 2015 hosted by Miss B of Everybody Eats Well In Flanders and co-hosted by Charmaine of Mimi Bakery House

This post is also linked to "Little Thumbs Up" February 2015 Event [Cocoa] organised by Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids and Doreen of my little favourite DIY and hosted by Grace of Life can be Simple.

I am also submitting this to the "Cook & Celebrate: CNY 2015" event hosted by Zoe of Bake for Happy Kids, co-hosted by Yen of Eat Your Heart Out and Diana of The Domestic Goddess Wannabe.