Egg less Chocolate – Praline Buttons

Eggless Chocolate - Praline Buttons, goes to Madhuram's "Egg substitute-Yogurt" event.

It also goes to Srilekha's "EFM-Cookies" event and also to Poornima Nair's "For the love of Chocolate" event. Thank You for hosting the events.

Ingredients: Pecans – ½ cup Unsalted Butter – ½ cup(1 stick) Sugar – ¾ cup Vanilla Extract – 1 tsp Milk – 1 Tb spoon Yogurt - ¼ cup (Egg Substitute) (Or Egg – 1)

Flax Seed powder - 1 Tb spoon (Optional) Flour – 1 ¼ cup Unsweetened cocoa powder – ¼ cup Salt – ¼ tsp Baking powder – ¼ cup Semisweet chocolate chips – 1 cup Pecans for decorating – ½ cup

Method:

  • Preheat oven to 350 deg F.
  • Spread ½ cup pecans evenly on a baking sheet .
  • Bake, stirring once or twice, until lightly browned and fragrant, 5 – 10 min.
  • Remove from oven and let cool. Chop coarsely.
  • In a large bowl, cream butter until light and fluffy.
  • Gradually add sugar, eating until light.
  • Add yogurt (Egg substitute), vanilla, and milk; beat thoroughly.
  • In a small bowl, blend flour, cocoa, salt and baking powder.
  • Add to the butter mixture and stir well to combine.
  • Stir in chocolate chips and toasted pecans.
  • Drop in teaspoons or table spoons (or a small ice cream scoop) onto a parchment sheet.(Don't worry about the shape, natural is just fine)
  • Top with pecans halves.
  • Bake for 8 – 10 min or until done. Let cool on a wire rack.
  • Enjoy soft and yummy cookies.

Have a wonderful weekend!!

38 comments:

chef and her kitchen said...

Thats looking really yummy!!!!
One Entry,three events ..huh!!!
Good one dear..its been a long time i baked, i do need to think something for these events!!

Unknown said...

Wow looks soo crunchy!!

Suparna said...

Hi Ashwini,
great entry for all the three events.Cookies look good with a cute pecan piece adorned :)
TC

Uma said...

Wow, too tempting! looks so delicious Ashwini!

Mangala Bhat said...

wow ! Ashwini u have a nice blog ..i just love this ..cokkies :) Thanks for the recipe :)

Ramya Vijaykumar said...

Cookies look crisp and puffed up... Crunchy snack for tea and without egg mmm sounds interesting... All the best for the events...

Archy said...

Cookies looks so gud an nice chocolaty color.. eggless.. will sure give a try :)!! Nice 3 in one entry !!

Purva Desai said...

They look crunchy and gorgeous

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Very cute cookies Ashwini. I did not try yogurt in a cookie recipe. It's good to know that it's suitable for cookies as well. Thank you very much for sending it to the event.

Unknown said...

wow.. looks perfect & yummy...

Soma said...

Gorgeous! I still haven't got to using many substitutes:-(

KonkaniBlogger said...

Wow, these look so yummy and eggless too! Perfect entry for all the events!

Vibaas said...

Delicious! Love 'em :)

Lakshmi said...

ahahaaaa......cookies looks crisp and tasty :)

Priya Suresh said...

Woww they looks gorgeous, feel like having them rite now!

Indian Khana said...

Looks nice and crunchy..

Deepa Hari said...

Perfect entry....Looks lovely Ashwini.

saffronapron.blogspot.com said...

Oh my! That looks so good. Nice recipe. I love the name u gave these cookies-"buttons". sounds so cute:)

Varsha Vipins said...

Those are some yummy goodies..:)

Cham said...

They are cute and crunchy.

AnuSriram said...

Looks fabulous! Crispy and crunchy!

Vaishali said...

Yum, those chocolate buttons are gorgeous!

Vikis Kitchen said...

I love anything with chocolate. Looks yummy. Nice pics.

Ammu said...

Cookies looks perfectly baked. Very delicious & crunchy.

Malar Gandhi said...

Love chocolate so much...this looks so perfect. Nice tea time snack.

Pooja said...

Great entry for the events..cookies look crisp and yummy..a perfect tea time snack :)

KFB said...

Hi Ashwini
Cookies look great!! want to take a bite of it :) I have added you to my blog now. Hope you add my blog to your list as well. Thanks.

Pooja said...

Looks crunchy and yummy ashwini..Pecans in cookies never tasted...

Avisha said...

Hi,am new to blogging.Praline buttons(eggless) sure look yummy.I am always on the look for recipes that dont contains eggs.These remind me of the Macaroons that I used to eat in India.

bee said...

these look delicious. i love the addition of flax.

Jaishree Iyer said...

Cookies looks nice and crunchy..Great entry for the events.

vidhas said...

Cookies looks fabulous. perfect for the events.

ARUNA said...

awesome Ashwini, looks so crunchy!!!

Chitra said...

superb!!nice entry!!

KFB said...

Great cookies, looks so yummy :) Nimma blog na nanna list ge add madidini.

Yasmeen said...

Scrumptious cookies:)