CHOC-PECAN COOKIES - GLUTEN-FREE

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Choc-Pecan Cookies - Gluten-Free image

A recipe from Australian Women's Weekly "the little book of Chocolate". In Australia, White Wings cornflour is gluten-free . Makes 24 cookies.

Provided by Jubes

Categories     Dessert

Time 35m

Yield 24 cookies, 24 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 10

1 1/2 cups pecan pieces (180 grams)
125 g butter, softened
1/2 cup caster sugar (110 grams)
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 egg
1/2 cup brown rice flour (100 grams)
1/2 cup cornflour (cornstarch, ensure gluten-free)
150 g dark chocolate, chopped coarsely
24 whole pecans
50 g dark chocolate, melted for decoration

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C if fan forced). Grease oven trays and line with baking paper.
  • Process the 1.5 cups of pecan pieces until ground finely.
  • Beat the butter, sugar, vanilla and pecan meal in a small bowl with an electic mixer until the mixture is light and fluffy.
  • Add the egg and beat until combined.
  • Sift in the flours and then add the chopped chocolate.
  • Roll rounded tablespoons of the mixture into balls. Place 7cm apart on the trays and flatten slighty. Top with a whole pecan.
  • Bake about 20 minutes and cool on trays.
  • Drizzle the cookies with melted chocolate.

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