Homemade Gocciole
Hello everyone!
After a week off, I’m back and today, I’m going to share with you a recipe for homemade Gocciole. However, you may be wondering what gocciole are. A gocciola (gocciole is the plural) is a delicious double chocolate chip cookie shaped like a drop. Goccia means drop in Italian.
To summarize, gocciole are literally the tastiest Italian biscuits; they are delicious in milk, coffee, for breakfast, dessert, or as a snack. Anytime since having some is always a good idea. I discovered those because my flatmate is Italian and his parents always send him a parcel with this delightful treat within. I developed an addiction, and because we live in the Netherlands, I needed to find a way to get Gocciole without having to fly to Italy. My remedy is this recipe.
They are really simple to make and will convince everyone in your house, so give them a try and try not to become addicted.
See you next week and stay tuned for the next episode of Light-Hearted.
Homemade Gocciole
Ingredients
- 1 + 1/2 cup Floor
- 2 tbsp Cornstarch
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda
- 1 pinch Salt
- 1 tbsp Cocoa
- 105 gr Butter
- 1/4 cup Granulated sugar
- 2 tbsp Brown sugar
- 1 Large egg
- 1/2 tsp Vanilla
- 1/2 cup Chocolate chips + some extra for later
Instructions
- In a bowl sift the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, salt and cocoa.
- In another mixing bowl beat the softened butter and sugarS, until creamy. Then add the egg and vanilla and beat to combine.
- Add the sifted flour mixture a half at a time and when almost combined add 1/2 cup chocolate chips, combine.
- Move the dough to a lightly floured flat surface knead a few times to form a round ball. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate 1 hour.
- Roll the dough out, and cut into circles then form into a drop shape, by pinching the top of the circle into a rounded point to form a tear drop shape, place the cookies on a parchment paper lined cookie sheet, top each cookie with a few extra chocolate chips. Refrigerate the cookies for 15-20 minutes, while the oven is pre-heating.
- Pre-heat oven to 180C (350F).
- Bake the cookies for approximately 15 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes on the cookie sheet then move to a wire rack to cool completely.