Today’s chocolaty recipe: chocolate cookies baked in an air fryer.
I have to say that I never had a positive opinion of the air fryer, but I had to change my mind. I was given one as a gift, and so I started using it, keeping in mind that frying is a different thing altogether. I have to say using it to prepare various recipes is very convenient. Essentially, it’s a small oven 😜.
Today I tried making small chocolate cookies and baking them in the air fryer, and they turned out very good, a bit harder on the outside and soft inside. Perfect with a cup of tea or for breakfast. In this recipe, I used Easter egg chocolate that I still had stored in the freezer. I confess that, being very skeptical about using the air fryer, I made only a few, but then I regretted it because we liked them so much and would have wanted more.
Let’s see together, step by step, how to make this new recipe.
- Difficulty: Very Easy
- Cost: Very Cheap
- Rest time: 30 Minutes
- Preparation time: 10 Minutes
- Portions: About 20 cookies
- Cooking methods: Air Frying
Ingredients for about 20 cookies
Below you will find the links to the ingredients used
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 3.5 oz milk chocolate
- 1/4 cup butter
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1 egg yolk (about 0.7 oz)
- 1 pinch baking powder
- as needed powdered sugar
Tools
Below you will find the links to some tools used to make the recipe
- 1 Scale
- 1 Air fryer
- 1 Pastry board
- 1 Small bowl
Let’s Begin!
Before starting to prepare the cookie dough, we need to melt the chocolate in the microwave or using a bain-marie. If you opt for the latter method, put a small pot with water inside, then another small pot with the chocolate inside it. Be careful not to let the water get into the chocolate pot. Place it on the heat and let the chocolate melt thanks to the gentle boiling water.
While the chocolate melts, place the flour with the cold butter cut into small pieces on a work surface and start working it with your hands until it reaches a texture similar to grated parmesan cheese. Then, form a well and pour all other ingredients in the center: the egg yolk, sugar, melted and cooled chocolate, and a pinch of baking powder. Quickly knead and form a dough ball.
Wrap the obtained dough in plastic wrap and let it rest in the fridge for about half an hour. Then, take it out and form balls. Roll the balls in powdered sugar and place them in the air fryer basket on perforated parchment paper or regular parchment paper that you have perforated.
Bake in the air fryer at 356°F for 8-10 minutes. Naturally, these cookies can also be baked in a traditional oven at the same temperature and for the same amount of time.
Take a photo of your cookies, post it on social media tagging me (unaricciachepasticcia), and let me know if you made them in the air fryer or in the oven.
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A Curly’s Advice
I used milk chocolate from Easter eggs, but these cookies are also excellent with dark chocolate. Try it and let me know!
