A little while ago, my friend Diane from Muppys asked me if I wanted to take part to this year’s Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap. I checked it out and immediately said yes. The Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap brings together food bloggers from around the world in a big cookie swap: you sign up, receive the addresses of three other food bloggers and send each of them one dozen home-made cookies. Then, (today) you post your cookie recipe on your blog. In exchange, you too receive three boxes of home-made cookies from other bloggers. Besides that, this year, the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap is partnering with Cookies for Kids’ Cancer (a US non-profit organization committed to funding new therapies used in the fight against paediatric cancer) and by participating in this cookie swap we are also supporting a great cause.
I was assigned 3 ladies with beautiful blogs: Catie from Sweetly Baked, Traci from Cookie Queen Kitsch’n (who is a professional cookie maker!) and Julie from Gourmet Getaways. This was the first time I participated in a cookie swap ever, so I was a bit worried about the shipping aspect of it. Luckily, we were all matched by country, so I only had to ship within Australia, which made it easier (and faster)! I decided to make some decorated Chocolate Cookies. The original recipe was for Chocolate and Orange cookies only (the round ones), but being Christmas, I thought of jazzing up half of the batch. So, I made half a dozen Chocolate and Orange Cookies and half a dozen Chocolate and Mint Cookies. This is not a “traditional” Italian recipe, but they are the kind of cookies I grew up eating: crunchy and not chewy (that’s the way we eat cookies in Italy).
In return I got 2 dozen amazing cookies from:
Erin from Cut the Cookie who sent me some tasty Christmas Biscotti!
My friend Diane from Muppys who sent me some delicious Strawberry and Rhubarb Spiral Shortbread (and a little present for my girls – Thanks Diane!).
Faaiza from Modest Munchies who sent me some yummy Peanut Butter Cup Pretzel Cookies!
Don’t they all look amazing?? I know… I am a lucky girl!! THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH LADIES!
Here goes my recipe!
Chocolate Cookies with Orange and Mint Glazes
The recipe and a step by step tutorial on how to make Chocolate Cookies with Orange and Mint Glazes.
Ingredients
Cookies
- 75 g sugar
- 75 g butter at room temperature
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ tbsp milk
- 225 g flour
- 25 g cocoa powder
Orange Glaze
- 175 g icing sugar
- 3 or 4 tbsp orange juice
- Food colouring and orange essence optional
- White chocolate melted
Mint Glaze
- 175 g icing sugar
- 3 tbsp mint syrup
- Water
- Food colouring optional
- White chocolate melted
Instructions
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Cream the butter and sugar together in the bowl of an electric mixer with a paddle attachment on low to medium speed. Mix until well incorporated.
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Put them on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake in a pre-heated oven at 180°C for 10 to 12 minutes.
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When ready, let them cool down on the baking tray for a few minutes, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool down completely.
muppy says
Thanks Manu. Your cookies look amazing!!!!
As soon as I read about the cookie swap I thought of you – I know you have such a beautiful heart 🙂
Catie says
Manuela your cookies were delicious! I had to stop myself from eating them all at once! Thank you again. It was really exciting to be a part of the cookie swap.