Recipe

July 31, 2011

White Chocolate & Apple Cookies Recipe

Recipe:

Step 1: Place the margarine, flour, baking powder, sugar, and ginger in a food processor and blitz well. Add the egg, and process briefly, then transfer to a medium mixing bowl. Add the grated apple and chopped chocolate, and mix really well. Roll the dough into a 6-8″ long cylinder, then wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 15 minutes.

Step 2: Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper (you will need to bake these in batches).

Step 3: Scoop off 1/4″ thick sections of the chilled dough with an offset spatula or spoon (you won’t get neat slices because the dough will still be quite soft).

Step 4: Place the cookies on the lined sheets, and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Step 5: Once baked, allow the cookies to cool slightly on the sheets, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Reprinted with permission from Phil Vickery’s Gluten-Free Baking(2011 Firefly Books).

Ingredients

7 tbsp margarine
1-1/2 cups Gluten-Free Flour Mix (see below)
1/4 tsp baking powder
Scant 1/2 cup superfine sugar
2 large pinches ground ginger
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 medium crisp, tart apple, grated and thoroughly squeezed to extract the moisture
3/4 bar white chocolate, finely chopped

Gluten-Free Flour Mix (makes 7-1/4 cups)*
5-1/4 fine white rice flour
1 cup potato flour
1 cup tapioca flour

* Mix all the flours together and store in an airtight container. This mix works well for cookies and cakes.

Directions

Yield:

Step 1: Place the margarine, flour, baking powder, sugar, and ginger in a food processor and blitz well. Add the egg, and process briefly, then transfer to a medium mixing bowl. Add the grated apple and chopped chocolate, and mix really well. Roll the dough into a 6-8″ long cylinder, then wrap in plastic wrap and chill for 15 minutes.

Step 2: Preheat the oven to 400°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper (you will need to bake these in batches).

Step 3: Scoop off 1/4″ thick sections of the chilled dough with an offset spatula or spoon (you won’t get neat slices because the dough will still be quite soft).

Step 4: Place the cookies on the lined sheets, and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes, or until lightly browned.

Step 5: Once baked, allow the cookies to cool slightly on the sheets, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Reprinted with permission from Phil Vickery’s Gluten-Free Baking(2011 Firefly Books).

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