Checkerboard Cookies
- All purpose flour (maida) – 3/4 cup
- Powdered sugar – 4 tablespoon
- Butter – 4 tablespoon
- Vanilla extract – 1 teaspoon
- Baking powder – a pinch
- Salt – a pinch
- All purpose flour (maida) – 3/4 cup
- Powdered sugar – 5 tablespoon
- Butter – 4 tablespoon
- Cocoa powder – 1 tablespoon
- Baking powder – a pinch
- Salt – a pinch
(1) First make vanilla dough. Mix all purpose flour, baking powder & salt & keep aside.
(2) Next, cream butter & sugar together & add vanilla extract to it.
(3) Now mix flour mixture together with butter & sugar till a bread crumbs sort of mixture is formed
(5) Now, make chocolate dough. Mix cocoa powder, all purpose flour, baking powder & salt & keep aside.
(6) Cream butter & sugar together & add it to the flour mixture till a bread crumbs sort of mixture is formed.
(7) Add a little quantity of milk & knead it into a soft dough.
(8) Now flatten both the dough separately into a round thick slab.
(9) Next, wrap them in a cling wrap & refrigerate it for around 1-2 hours.
(10) After 1-2 hours, take them out & slice into thick long strips.
(11) Now, in order to make the checkerboard pattern.
(12) Place two chocolate strips & one vanilla strip alternatively for the bottom layer.
(13) Now, for the middle layer, place vanilla strip on top of chocolate layer & chocolate layer on top of vanilla layer.
(14) Similarly, place strips for the topmost layer.
(15) Once this is done, press the layers together to form the checkerboard pattern.
(16) Now slice it into square checkerboard cookies using a sharp knife.
(17) Assemble the left over dough & make any pattern of your choice using the leftover dough.
(18) I made round cookies using the same.
(19) Grease a cookie sheet with a little oil.
(20) Place the cookies on the cookie sheet & they are ready to be baked.
(21) Leave enough space between the cookies to allow them to rise perfectly.
(22) Preheat oven at 180 degrees Celsius for around 5 minutes.
(23) Bake it for around 13-15 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius or till they are well baked.
(24) Timings may vary according to your oven so keep a check when you bake the cookies.
(25) Take them out of the oven.
Checkerboard cookies are ready to serve.
