Black cocoa cookies with orange icing
Crisp black cocoa cookies under a thin orange-coloured icing.
Active time35 min
Cooking32 min
Total2 h 30 minResting : 1 h
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Ingredients
- 142 g unsalted butter
- 1 egg
- 56 g black cocoa powder
- ¼ tsp instant espresso powder
- 25 ml water
- 2 tsp vanilla extract for the dough
- 1 tsp vanilla extract for the icing
- 120 g plain flour
- 21 g cornflour
- 1 packet of powdered orange food colouring
- ½ tsp fine salt
- 198 g caster sugar
- 113 g icing sugar
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
Preparation
Heat the oven to 165 °C. Mix butter, sugar, salt and coffee until smooth without making it fluffy. Add the egg and dough vanilla. Mix in flour, cocoa, cornflour and bicarbonate until combined.
142 g unsalted butter1 egg56 g black cocoa powder¼ tsp instant espresso powder2 tsp vanilla extract for the dough120 g plain flour21 g cornflour½ tsp fine salt198 g caster sugar1 tsp bicarbonate of soda- oven
- bowl
- mixer
- spatula
Shape small dough balls and space out on two lined trays. Bake for 32 minutes, swapping the trays halfway through. Edges and centres should be firm.
- trays
- baking paper
- oven
Cool the cookies on a rack for at least 45 minutes. They must be completely cold before icing.
- rack
Mix the colour with the icing vanilla and water. Microwave very briefly if the colour does not dissolve. Mix in the icing sugar until smooth and fluid. Brush over the cold cookies and dry for 15 minutes.
25 ml water1 tsp vanilla extract for the icing1 packet of powdered orange food colouring113 g icing sugar- bowl
- spoon
- microwave
- brush
Allergens
- Eggs
- Gluten
- Milk
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Fish, Lupin, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
Sources and credits
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