Rye flour Chocolate Chip Cookies

Lately, I have been seeing many recipes using Millet.  Also, received couple of mails asking to post millet's based recipes.  Once upon a time, millet's were consumed only by poor.  Today, they are expensive than rice and wheat!

From my Son’s social science book, I understand that, one of the reasons for the French Revolution was White Bread. Those days White bread was much expensive than Brown! Now check the price in the nearest bakery.  (Zamana Badal Gaya / உலகம் ஒரு உருண்டை)

Most of the kids do not like to consume millet's directly  (not to blame them).  Also, it’s difficult to bake an edible product with 100% millet. 

Earlier, I used Ragi to make Cookies. Now with Rye. I am pretty sure; Kids can’t even feel the rye flour while eating (thanks to the chocolate) and they ask for more. 

Ingredients:   2 cup of rye flour    ;      1/4 cup of all purpose flour    ;     110 gms of melted butter, at room temp.    ;      2/4 cup of sugar      ;      2/4 cup of brown sugar   ;    2 eggs    ;     1 tsp of vanilla essence   ;     1 ½ cup of chocolate chip    ;      3/4 tsp of baking soda    ;   salt - a pinch

Procedure:  Mix the Rye and AP flours, baking soda and salt keep aside.

In bowl add both the sugars and butter and blend well till sugar dissolved. Add egg, vanilla essence and mix well. Add the flour mixture in to it and combine well.

At last, add the chocolate chips and mix carefully so that, it spread evenly. Using the ice cream scoop, scope the prepared cookies dough on the baking tray in 2’’ apart.

 Transfer the baking tray into the preheated oven for 180°c for 25 min. or till it become brown and crusty. Allow it to cool and store in a air tight container.

Chocolate Ragi Cookies

Ragi, is whole grain, it is higher in protein and minerals in comparison to all other cereals and millets. 

In fact, Ragi was an everyday food in Tamil Nadu, Once upon a time!. Ragi consumed with Rice in the form of Koozh. (கூழ்) What a perfect Combo of Carbs and Protein.

But, slowly all the good food habits are phased out and the High Carbs took the Place. 

I know, it’s not difficult but impossible to ask the younger generations to consume Koozh. (கூழ்) But, want to feed the Ragi in modified and acceptable form. The only way is Chocolate Ragi Cookies. Want the cookies to be very rich and have high nutritional values. Hence, a very lengthy ingredients list.

Okay, the Ingredients  required are :   Dark chocolate  -170 gms (64 %coco)     ;    100 gms of Butter      ;    1/2 cup  of all purpose flour  (AP)   ;      ¾ cup of Ragi flour     ;    2 tbsp  of  Wheat germs    ;  2 tbsp of  Wheat bran    ;    1 - Egg       ;    1 Cup of  Light Brown Sugar    ;    1 tsp   of  Baking Powder     ;    ¼ tsp of  Baking Soda    ;  ½ tsp of  Vanilla essence    ;   salt -  a pinch    ;  ½ cup  Of White chocolate chips    ;    1/4 cup  of  Chocolate chips    ;   1/4 cup  of  chopped Almonds.

First, melt butter and dark chocolate in double boiler and let it cool.

Mix all the dry ingredient AP flour, Ragi, salt, baking powder, baking soda, wheat germ, bran, and keep aside.

Once the chocolate mixture cooled add sugar, and beat with hand mixture then egg till all cooperate together. Now, add the dry ingredients and blend well.

At last, add all chips & nuts .using ice scoop arrange the cookies in baking tray make the cookies round shape by pressing it. 

Transfer the tray to the fridge for about 20 min (to hold its shape) then directly to the pre-heated oven for 180° C till it completely done.