Eastern Stars
This was a recipe my Little Pet invented over 15 years ago at secondary school for a Year 8 cookbook. It was really easy to make then, and we were happy to discover, it is still really easy to make and very delummy.
Ingredients
- 10g cooking chocolate
- 85g cocoa (or drinking chocolate if you don’t want it sooooo cocoa-ie)
- 85g plain flour
- 85g butter
- 85g Demerara sugar
- a pinch of salt
- 1 generous pawful of desiccated coconut
- 7 or more cashew nuts – chopped
- 7 pods of cardamom (de-podded)
- Boiled water – enough to make a paste
- Pre-heat oven to GM 4
Instucktions
(NB: That’s how cats say, ‘instructions’, I’m not sure why, but it’s true). If your paws are up to it, you can mix it in a bowl, or else in a mixer should be fine too (as long as you don’t over mix it).
- Melt the cooking chocolate in a bain marie (in a bowl over hot water)
- Add in the cocoa and the water to make a paste
- Then carefully bung in the flour, soft butter, sugar and salt.
- Add the nuts, cardamom and coconut. And make into a dough.
- Roll out to about 1/2 inch.
- Cut using nice star shape cutters.
- Bake in the oven on GM 4 for 20-30 minutes, or until cooked through.
Allow to cool, or don’t resist and helpful yourself immediately!
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