Domino Cookies

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cup all purpose flour

a pinch of. salt

170 gm unsalted butter, at room temperature

1/2 cup sugar

1/2 tsp vanilla essence

200-250 gm milk chocolate, finely chopped

Preparation:

1. Sift together the flour and salt in a bowl and keep it aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar until they are just combined.
3. Add vanilla essence and mix well.
4. Add the sifted flour to this and mix on low speed until the dough starts to come together.
5. Then make a smooth dough using hand and then wrap in plastic/ cling wrap and chill for 1-2 hours.
6. Preheat oven to 180 degree celcius. Line baking sheet with parchment paper/ baking paper.
7. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface using rolling pin to about 1/4 inch thickness and cut out 2 inch long rectangles using sharp knife or rectangular cutter.

    8. Using skewer/ straw, make domino dots and using back of the knife, lightly press in the middle of each cookie to create a slight indentation.

     9. Place the cookies on the lined baking sheet and bake for 12-15 minutes or until the edges turn light brown.

     10. Remove from the oven and let them cool down for 2-3 minutes. Then transfer them to a wire rack and let them cool completely...

     11. Place the chocolate in a microwave safe glass bowl and melt in the microwave at 30 second intervals, stirring in between ( or melt by double boiling method ).

     12. Once the cookies are cool, fill the domino holes with melted chocolate (using a candy stick) and let them dry...

• You can also use 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips instead of melted chocolate. Gently press the chocolate chips , point side down , into dough to form domino numbers...