Horlicks cookies

Addictive sandy cookies. Beware of over indulging !

I used to consume Horlicks, lots of it, as a before/after  school drink and recess snack in the form of Horlicks tablets. And when deprived of Horlicks tablets, I would simply spoon the powder into my mouth to feed my addiction. My mum saw with horror the self indulgence and thereafter put me into cold turkey treatment. I did not see a single can of Horlicks in my home until many years later. 

Now that I am boss of my own household  ( actually hubby is boss of major issues , I'm boss of minor problems. Since nothing much happens at home, I'm mostly boss .. ), I am back with more creative ways to consume this beverage.  Good thing I chanced upon this recipe at this  blogger's archive , which is reliable and tested ) and happily reproduced it without the bells and whistles . Needless to say, down the food chain, I made many people happy and instant Horlicks fans !

Recipe from happyhomebaking.blogspot.com. Slight adaptation made by this baker.

Ingredients:

(makes about 50  cookies)

180g butter, soften at room temperature

80g Horlicks

210g cake flour

25g corn flour

25g milk powder

50  chocolate buttons

Method:

Pre-heat oven to 140deg C. Line baking tray with greased paper . Set aside.

Combine and sieve cake flour, corn flour and milk powder. Set aside.

Cream butter and Horlicks until mixture is just combined.

Add  dry ingredients . Mix to form dough. You may need to manually knead to form a dough ball.

Using a 1/2 Tsp measuring spoon as mould, fill it with dough and push a chocolate button into the dough. Seal and knock out the cookie. It yields about 10g of dough excluding the chocolate button. ( needless to say, my choc buttons were generous in size )

Bake at 140 deg C for about 25 minutes. The cookie should be slightly tanned but not brown.

Cool cookies thoroughly  before storing.