Cobweb Cookies

Ingredients

• 5 1/2 ounces plain flour
• 2 tablespoons cocoa powder
• 4 ounces butter (cut into small pieces)
• 2 ounces caster sugar
• 2 tablespoons milk

white icing or glaze

Directions

1. 1

   Line a cookie sheet/ baking tray with baking/parchment paper.

2. 2

   Sift the flour, cocoa together and add the small pieces of butter and using clean fingers ( or a pastry cutter) rub it completely into the flour/cocoa mixture so that looks like fine drumbs.

3. 3

   Then add the sugar and milk and stir together with a fork so that it begins to form a dough. use clean hands to make your dough into a ball.

4. 4

   Wrap your dough in cling flim/ plastic wrap and refridgerate for 20 minutes.

5. 5

   Pre-heat your oven to 350 F (180 C).

6. 6

   Remove your dough from the fridge and sprinkle a little flour onto your clean working surface. Roll out your dough until it is about 1/4 inch ( 5 mm) thick, then use your jar lid or cookie cutter to make circles, which you can then place on your cooking sheet / tray.

7. 7

   Bake for 10-12 minutes, then leave them on the tray for another 5 minutes so that they will be firm up enough to remove, after this carefully transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely before adding the glaze/ icing.

8. 8

   Now draw a spiral of icing onto each cookie and while it is still wet, drag a cocktail stick out from the centre of the cookie to the outside ed"ge to make a spider's web effect.