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!!