Chocolate Wands (Cookies)
- 3 egg whites
- 12 cup superfine sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 2 tablespoons unbleached all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon cocoa powder
- 2 tablespoons cream
- 3 12 ounces chocolate chips
- candy sprinkles or colored crystal sugar, for decoration
- Preheat oven to 350 deg.
- Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper and grease the paper OR use Silpat sheets.
- In a bowl, lightly beat together the egg whites and sugar until the whites are broken up.
- Add the melted butter, flour, cocoa powder and cream to the egg whites, and beat with a wooden spoon until smooth.
- Place 2 teaspoons of the mixture to one side of a baking sheet and spread the mixture into an oval shape, about 6 inches long.
- Spoon more mixture onto the other side of the baking sheet and shape in the same way.
- Bake for 7-8 minutes until the edges begin to darken.
- Meanwhile, prepare two more cookies on the second baking sheet so you can put them in the oven while shaping the first batch into wands.
- Leave the baked cookies on the paper for 30 seconds, then carefully lift one off and wrap it gently (not tightly) around the handle of a slender wooden spoon.
- As soon as it starts to hold its shape ease it off the spoon and shape the second cookie in the same way.
- Work quickly!
- Continue baking and shaping the cookies in this way until all the mixture has been used up.
- Put the chocolate chips in a heatproof bowl over a pan of gently simmering water, stirring until melted.
- Keep melty.
- Dip the ends of the cookies in the chocolate, turning them until the ends are thickly coated.
- Sprinkle the coated ends with sprinkles or sugar OR pour some decorations into a shallow bowl and dip the ends in the sprinkles.
- Place cookies on a sheet of parchment paper; leave for about 1 hour until chocolate has set.
egg whites, sugar, unsalted butter, flour, cocoa powder, cream, chocolate chips, sprinkles
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-wands-cookies-330116 (may not work)