German Marble Cookies #glutenfree #glutenfreebaking #glutenfreerecipe

Christmas is almost upon us. We will share some of our special Christmas recipes with you. Today's recipe is for German Marble Cookies. I have found that they are very expensive in Asian markets, but as they only use ingredients that you have in your pantry, why not bake some at home. They are a delicious, melt in your mouth treat. Bake any time as a morning/afternoon tea treat. You will love them!

 Biscuits

Ingredients:

250g Butter - room temperature
100g Icing Sugar - sifted
1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
250g gluten-free Corn Flour or Potato Starch
60g gluten-free Plain Flour - twice sifted
60g Cocoa Powder

Method: 

Preheat oven to 170C
Beat butter, vanilla and icing sugar until soft and creamy. 
Add corn flour and plain flour, mix well.
Separate the mixture into 2 parts. 
Add cocoa powder to the first half. 
The other half remains plain. Add more plain flour if the plain dough is still sticky.
Mix the mixtures together, but do not over mix. This gives you a beautiful marble look after baking.
Roll into small balls with your hand and place on a baking tray lined with baking paper. Be sure to leave enough spare room.
Use a fork to press the balls to half flat. Remember to flour the fork with plain flour after every 3-4 balls so the dough does not stick to the fork.
Bake at 170C for about 18 minutes. The time needed depends upon the cookie size. 
Remove from the oven and set aside for 10 minutes. 
Cool on a rack.

Topping

Ingredients:

100g Dark Cooking Chocolate

Method:

Roughly chop chocolate.
Place in bowl and melt over a saucepan of boiling water. 
Make piping bag from baking paper, shaped into a funnel. 
Cut feeder hole in bottom and fill with chocolate. 
Pipe onto cool cookies.  (In drizzle form) 
Makes up to 40-45 pieces.

Tips:

• These cookies are also delicious without the chocolate topping. Sift some icing sugar onto the top. Why not pop into a tin and give as Christmas present. 

• If you wish to give the cookies with the chocolate drizzle, make sure it has set before you pack away.

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