Whole Wheat Choco Butter Cookies 

Generally, I bake cookies only when I have to gift it to someone. But surprisingly, yesterday evening, Neha asked me to bake some plain cocoa cookies for her. So here is what I made for her with 100% whole wheat flour. No frills – just plain butter cocoa cookies.

Ingredients:

• Whole wheat flour 125 gm
• Cocoa powder 25 gm
• Salt a pinch 
• Butter 100 gm
• Brown sugar 80-90 gms
• Vanilla extract 1/2 tsp

Method:

• Sieve the whole wheat flour, salt and cocoa powder 2-3 times.
• Cream the butter (at room temperature) and sugar till it becomes light and fluffy. Add the vanilla extract to it and mix well.
• Add the dry flour mixture in to the butter and mix gently. 
• Get everything together to form a dough. Do not knead hard.
• Allow the dough to rest for 10-15 minutes inside the refrigerator.
• Meanwhile preheat the oven at 160 degree Celsius for ten minutes.
• Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
• Shape cookies the way you Iike and arrange then on the tray.
• Bake the cookies for 17-18 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let it stand in the tray for 3-4 minutes.
• Transfer them slowly onto a wire rack and cool well. 
• Store in airtight containers.

Notes:

• For a less buttery and melt in the mouth sort of cookies, use around 75 gm of butter and sprinkle little milk to form the dough. It will still taste good. 
• This is a very mildly sweet cookies, you can increase the amount of sugar if you want.
• You can add white or dark chocochips too if you wish. 
• As every oven behave differently, please check your cookies after 15 minutes. They might look soft while you take them out of the oven, but will eventually harden as they cool.