Recipe- Eggless Chocolate Stuffed Tutti Frutti Cookies

Cookies are my favorite thing to bake or maybe it’s the cupcakes? Well, it’s hard to say what I like to bake the most but cookies are definitely one of my top favorites. I am always looking out for new cookie recipes and also trying to develop few on my own and this one belongs to the latter category. Those in India know what tutti frutti is, for those who don’t tutti frutti are dried candied fruits and I have already made some eggless cookies using them.

These cookies are also eggless but rather than making simple cookies I stuffed them with some chocolate filling. The result?A soft cookie filled with a chocolate surprise in the center. Sounds great right? Well tasted fantastic too! And as I can never have enough of chocolate, I drizzled some chocolate on top of the cookies too to make them extra delicious.

Ingredients

1.5 cups all purpose flour
½ tsp baking soda
¼ tsp salt
1 tbsp cornstarch
½ cup butter [1 stick] at room temperature
½ cup granulated white sugar
¼ cup light brown sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
2-3 tbsp water
¼ cup butter at room temperature
? cup + 1 tbsp sugar
1 tbsp cocoa powder
? cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

Method

* Pre-heat the oven to 350 F degrees. Line a baking tray with parchment paper or cover it with some non-stick spray and set aside.

* Sift together flour, cornstarch, salt and baking soda in a bowl, set aside.

* In steel bowl of your stand mixer fitted with paddle attachment or using your hand mixer cream together butter and both sugars till smooth and creamy, around 2-3 minutes.
* Add vanilla, water and mix.

* Add the flour into the butter-sugar mixture.

* Stir in the tutti frutti and mix till to form a dough.

* Make the filling by creaming together softened butter and sugar. Add cocoa powder and mix till you have smooth consistency filling ready.

* To make the cookies take 1 tbsp of dough, flatten it slightly and then using your thumb make a depression in the center.
* Fill the center with little chocolate filling. Then take 1 tbsp of dough again, flatten it a bit and put it over the chocolate filled dough.

* Seal the edges, then using your hands roll it to form a round shape and then flatten it slightly.

* Place the cookies on to the baking tray leaving 2 inch space between each cookie.

* Bake at 350 F degrees for 13-15 minutes.

* Transfer on wire rack to cool completely.