Mint Chocolate Rusks
- 113 cups flour, all-purpose unsifted
- 13 cup cake flour unsifted
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder unsweetened
- 1 3/4 teaspoons baking powder
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- 8 tablespoons butter , softened
- 1 1/4 cups sugar superfine
- 3 extra large eggs
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 4 ounces chocolate unsweetened melted and cooled
- 1 x sugar granulated
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
- Remove the dividers from two 11 x 4 x 1 1/2-inch metal ice cube trays; butter and flour the trays.
- Sift the flours, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda and slat.
- Toss the chocolate chips with 2 teaspoons of the sifted mixture.
- Cream the butter in the large bowl of an electric mixer on low speed for 5 minutes.
- Add the sugar and continue beating for 3 to 4 minutes.
- Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition.
- Blend in the milk, vanilla extract and melted chocolate.
- Blend in the sifted mixture on low speed.
- Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Scrape the batter into the prepared pans, dividing it evenly between them.
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool each cake in the pan on a rack for 3 to 4 minutes, invert onto another rack and turn each right side up.
- Cool for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Cut each cake on the diagonal into about twelve 3/4 inch thick slices, using a sharp serrated knife.
- Arrange the slices on two jelly roll pans or cookie sheets.
- Bake the slices for 7 to 9 minutes, turn them over and continue baking for 7 to 9 minutes longer, or until firm.
- Remove the rusks to a cooling rack using a wide metal spatula.
- If you are finishing the cookies with granulated sugar, sprinkle some over each while they are warm.
- Cool completely.
- If you are using the chocolate glaze, dust off any crumbs adhering to the cookies with a soft pastry brush.
- Dip an end of a rusk in the glaze and hold it until it stops dripping, gently rocking the cookie from side to side.
- When the chocolate is on the point of setting, carefully place each rusk on a legth of parchment paper until the glaze firms up, about 20 minutes.
- To embellish the cookies further, you can dip the tip end of the glazed rusk in chocolate sprinkles; do this just before you place in on the parchment paper.
- Peel away the glazed cookies from the parchment paper.
- Store in an airtight container.
flour, cake flour, cocoa, baking powder, baking soda, salt, chocolate chips, butter, sugar, eggs, milk, vanilla, chocolate, sugar
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/mint-chocolate-rusks-34418 (may not work)