Chocolate Cloud Cookies

Fluffy chocolate cloud cookies infused with gin

Posted by Cat Morley

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These indulgent chocolate cookies are infused with Hernö Old Tom Gin and baked with egg whites to make them extra fluffy.

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You Will Need (10 things)

  • 100 g Brown Sugar
  • 150 g Butter
  • 3 Egg Whites
  • 2 tbsp Cocoa
  • 1 tbsp Cornstarch
  • 120 g Plain Flour
  • 1 pinch Salt
  • 100 g Icing Sugar
  • 2 oz Hernö Old Tom Gin
  • 1 tsp Vanilla

Steps (8 steps, 35 minutes)

  1. 1

    Cream together the butter and sugar and then beat in the egg whites.

  2. 2

    Add the cocoa, cornstarch, flour and salt.

  3. 3

    Add the gin and vanilla.

  4. 4

    Mix until well combined.

  5. 5

    Roll the dough into a ball and cover in cling film. Chill for a few hours.

  6. 6

    Roll the dough into small balls and drop into a bowl of icing sugar, making sure to coat all sides of the cookie.

  7. 7

    Lay on a baking sheet spread with parchment paper.

  8. 8

    Bake for 25 minutes at 180'c until the cookies have risen and cracked.