CHOCOLATE STRAWBERRY TWIST COOKIES

chocolate dough

113 gm butter softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
2 cups self raising flour
2 tablespoons cocoa, sifted

preheat oven to 170 c
line baking trays with baking paper

with an electric mixer, beat sugar, butter and egg.  add milk.

fold in flour and cocoa till well combined.  put aside.

strawberry dough

113 gm butter softened
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup milk
2 cups self raising flour + 2 tablespoons
4 teaspoons strawberry essence
1 1/2 teaspoons pink food colouring

with an electric mixer, beat sugar, butter and egg.

add milk, food colouring and essence.

fold in flour until well combined.

TO PUT TOGETHER, using a lightly floured board, get a heaped teaspoon of strawberry dough and roll into a sausage about 5 inches long. do the same with  a heaped teaspoon of chocolate dough.

join at one end and twist together (roll one over and under the other).  cut in half. continue with rest of dough.

place 12 to a tray and cook for 10 - 12 minutes.

cool completely and drizzle with icing.

STRAWBERRY ICING

2 cups icing sugar
1 teaspoon soft butter
1 1/2 teaspoons strawberry essence
approx 2 tablespoons of milk.

mix all together, adding enough milk to make a slightly runny paste.

drizzle over biscuits.

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