These dog cookies are for human consumption (not canine consumption 😉 ) to celebrate this year’s Chinese New Year – Year of the Dog!
Despite being Chinese/Malaysian, I don’t make rice or do much Chinese cooking (I leave that to my mum!) but I thought I would make some cookies in celebration of the Year of the Dog with the help of my 3 year old half Asian twin boys to teach them a little bit about their Chinese heritage.
These are perfect for the Year of the Dog celebrations, but would also be really cute in lunchboxes or for a kids party! This is a variation of my Milo Cookies.
Add chocolate chips to bowl
– blitz 5 seconds/Speed 7.
Add butter, sugar and egg to bowl
– mix 1 minute/Speed 5.
Add plain flour, self raising flour, Milo and milk
– mix 20 seconds/Speed 6. Scrape down.
Mix a further 20 seconds/Speed 6.
Knead – 2 minutes/kneading function/MC off.
Roll into teaspoon sized balls
and decorate with Milo cereal, sprinkles and chocolate chips (as pictured).
Bake for 8 – 10 minutes.
Milo Dog Cookies
Print RecipeIngredients
- 100 grams dark chocolate chips
- 250 grams butter (softened)
- 50 grams sugar
- 1 egg
- 310 grams plain flour
- 90 grams self raising flour
- 110 grams Milo
- 60 grams milk
- To decorate:
- *Milo cereal
- *Sprinkles
- *Dark chocolate chips
Instructions
METHOD (Thermomix):
Preheat oven to 170 degrees.
Add chocolate chips to bowl - blitz 5 seconds/Speed 7.
Add butter, sugar and egg to bowl - mix 1 minute/Speed 5.
Add plain flour, self raising flour, Milo and milk - mix 20 seconds/Speed 6. Scrape down.
Mix a further 20 seconds/Speed 6.
Knead - 2 minutes/kneading function/MC off.
Roll into teaspoon sized balls and decorate with Milo cereal, sprinkles and chocolate chips (as pictured).
Bake for 8 - 10 minutes.
METHOD (Electric Mixer):
Preheat oven to 170 degrees.
Crush chocolate chips in a blender, food processor, or chop finely/grate (from block form if easier).
Add crushed chocolate, butter, sugar and egg into a large bowl - beat until mixture is combined/creamed.
Add plain flour, self raising flour, Milo and milk - mix until ingredients are combined.
Knead (either with a stand mixer attachment or by hand) for approx. 2 minutes.
Roll into teaspoon sized balls and decorate with Milo cereal, sprinkles and chocolate chips (as pictured).
Bake for 8 - 10 minutes.
Notes
*Once cooled, store in an air tight container. **You can use flaked almonds instead of Milo Cereal for the ears. ***You can use the round sprinkles for the eyes instead of the long sprinkles. ****You can use smarties or milk/white chocolate chips for the nose to make diff coloured dogs.
