Wheat germ mocha cream cookies, so simple to make. There is no special ingredient or technique involved. Coffee and Chocolate a match made in heaven, awesome enough, delectable cookies for you guys if you like something sweet, or your sweet ones like something sweet !
Wheat Germ is an edible section of the wheat kernel, from the nutritional perspective, this food is a powerhouse. It contains 23 nutrients and has more of them per ounce than any other vegetable or grain. It is a better source of potassium and iron than any other food source and also has great quantities of riboflavin, calcium, zinc, magnesium and Vitamins A, E, B1 and B3. The amount of protein, 28 percent, is higher than the levels found in most meat products. ( Information source )
You will need :- Wheat germ Cookies
- 50 g wheat germ ( if you don’t want to use , use whole wheat flour or plain flour )
- 70 g self raising flour
- 60 g icing sugar
- 20 g wheat flour ( I used chapatti atta )
- 125 g unsalted butter ( softened )
- 2 tbsp. corn flour
- 2 tsp. ground coffee
- Few drops of vanilla essence
You will need :- Mocha Cream
- 100 g chocolate ( I used dark )
- 100 ml double cream
- 1 sachet instant mocha ( you can use 2tbsp ground coffee )
Method :- Add mocha powder into cream, mix and leave it aside. Melt chocolate in double boiler or M/W. Mix melted chocolate and mocha infused cream, mix and leave it aside. Place butter, icing sugar and vanilla essence in a mixer , cream until light and fluffy. Add flours, wheat germ and coffee and mix until soft dough forms. Cover with the cling film and leave in the fridge for 40-50 minutes. Pre heat the oven gas mark to 3 or 160C. Divide the dough into small balls, around 10-12 g each. Place them on a baking tray, slightly flatten them with the fork and bake 15-18 minutes or until light brown. Cool them completely. Pipe or spread about one tea spoon one cookie with mocha filling, top with another cookie. Repeat with all remaining cookies and filling. Leave it aside to set for half an hour.
You will need :-
- 1/2 cup plain flour (maida)
- 1/2 cup cold milk (full fat)
- 1/2 cup pure ghee (homemade)
- 1 cup sugar (do no even think about taking 1tsp less, I’ve made that mistake in the past and disappointed results I had)
- 1/4 cup slivers of almond and pistachio
- 1/2 tsp cardamom seeds lightly crushed
- 10-12 saffron threads for golden halwa
- Pinch of yellow food colour for golden halwa
Method :- Keep ready butter or greaseproof paper and rolling pin on a smooth surface. Take a non stick pan, add ghee and melt for few seconds on a heat. Switch off the heat. Add flour, sugar and milk. (add food colour if you’re making golden halwa). Mix well. Once again turn the heat ON and start cooking the mixture, keep stirring continuously on a medium heat and make sure there is no lumps formed. While on heat keep mixing until the runny content turns to a thick mass. switch off the heat and quickly transfer the mixture on a butter paper. Now lay another butter paper on the mixture and quickly start rolling mixture, remove upper paper and generously sprinkle almond and pistachio slivers, cardamom seeds and saffron (for golden halwa) and once again lay the paper on the half rolled mixture. Again roll out the mixture gently and roll to a 2-3 cm thickness and carefully lift off top layered paper. Let it cool for few minutes, then cut the halwa squares but do not lift or remove. Allow halwa squares to cool completely (here I keep at least 4-5 hours, depends which country you are in if warm weather it will take more time) When they are ready you’ll see shiny surface , dry and stiff enough to lift. Carefully lift each piece and pile interleaved with greaseproof paper between each slice and store in a air tight container or tie with festive ribbons and present them in a beautiful decorated box to friends or your loved ones and indulge in the glory of doing a fine deed..:)
Note:-
I tried various supermarket plain flours, every time I achieved different texture, so I now I stick with only one supermarket’s flour, which gave me an excellent result. In the UK I use Tesco brand plain flour I use only homemade ghee made from organic butter. make sure you stick with accurate measurements
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Almond, Coconut and Pineapple Halwa
Aate Ka Halwa
Coconut halwa 6. Makhandi Halwa
Badam Halwa
Best Ever Gajar Ka Halwa
Bombay Ice and Golden Halwa
ingredients
- 1/2 cup plain flour (maida)
- 1/2 cup cold milk (full fat)
- 1/2 cup pure ghee (homemade)
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup slivers of almond and pistachio
- 1/2 tsp cardamom seeds lightly crushed
- 10-12 saffron threads for golden halwa
- Pinch of yellow food colour for golden halwa
instructions
NOTES:
I tried various supermarket plain flours, every time I achieved different texture, so I now I stick with only one supermarket's flour, which gave me an excellent result. In UK I use Tesco brand plain flour but not the value one.
I use only homemade ghee made from organic butter.
make sure you stick with accurate measurements, one spoon here and there your dish can get ruined.
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