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    Eggless Checkerboard Cookies Recipe

    June 17, 2015 By Aarthi 26 Comments

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    Eggless Checkerboard Cookies Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a easy recipe with less ingredients but tastes amazing and at the same time they are attractive.

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    Eggless Checkerboard Cookies

    I made a checkerboard cake recipe few days back and it got really good response with my viewers which made me try different fancy cakes and cookies..I decided to try my hand on these beautiful checkerboard cookies. 

     

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    Ingredients for Eggless Checkerboard Cookies

    • All Purpose Flour / Maida - 1 ¾ cup / 210 grams
    • Sugar - ¾ cup / 150 grams Powdered
    • Unsalted Butter - 150 grams Soft
    • Cocoa Powder - 2 tbsp
    • Vanilla Essence - 1 tsp
    • Salt - a pinch
    • Milk - 1 to 2 tbsp
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    They are pretty easy to make and it is eggless. These cookies are not only fun to look at, but they taste really good as well. Taste buttery and melt in mouth. But the combination of chocolate and vanilla is what matters.

     

    Similar Cake Recipes,
    Checkerboard Cakes
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    Since i have got the confident to make different fancy cake, you can send me your request, i will try to make those as well..
     
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    Hope you will give this a try and let me know how it turns out for you.

    How to Make Eggless Checkerboard Cookies

    1. Take butter, sugar, vanilla in a bowl and cream it well.
    2. Add in flour, salt and mix well. Add in milk and knead it to a soft dough.
    3. Divide it into equal portions. Add cocoa in one dough and knead well.
    4. Now cover the dough with plastic wrap and chill in fridge until firm.
    5. Take the dough out and cut each one into two portions.
    6. Take one portion and roll it into a rectangle, take each dough and roll it like the same size of the first one.
    7. Now take a vanilla rectangle, brush with little water, place chocolate rectangle on top and brush again with water, place vanilla rectangle over it,
      brush with some more water and finally place the chocolate rectangle over it.
    8. Cover the whole thing with plastic wrap and chill until firm.
    9. Now remove it from fridge, trim the sides, Cut into four equal portions.
    10. Take one strip and brush with water, place another strip, make sure the alternate colours are stacked. Repeat this.
    11. Now wrap and chill for 30 mins.
    12. Now cut into squares. Arrange it in baking sheet which is lined with parchment.
    13. Bake this for 15 to 17 mins in a preheated oven at 170 degree C.
    14. Remove it and let it cool.
    15. Store it in a air tight container. Serve with milk.
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    Eggless Checkerboard Cookies Recipe

    Eggless Checkerboard Cookies Recipe with step by step pictures. This is a easy recipe with less ingredients but tastes amazing and at the same time they are attractive.
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    Prep Time 30 mins
    Baking Time 17 mins
    Total Time 47 mins
    Course Baked
    Servings 12 cookies
    Calories 93 kcal

    Ingredients
      

    • 1 ¾ cup / 210 grams All Purpose Flour / Maida
    • ¾ cup / 150 grams Powdered Sugar
    • 150 grams Soft Unsalted Butter
    • 2 tbsp Cocoa Powder
    • 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
    • a pinch Salt
    • 1 to 2 tbsp Milk

    Instructions
     

    • Take butter, sugar, vanilla in a bowl and cream it well.
    • Add in flour, salt and mix well. Add in milk and knead it to a soft dough.
    • Divide it into equal portions. Add cocoa in one dough and knead well.
    • Now cover the dough with plastic wrap and chill in fridge untill firm.
    • Take the dough out and cut each one into two portions.
    • Take one portion and roll it into a rectangle, take each dough and roll it like the same size of the first one.
    • Now take a vanilla rectangle, brush with little water, place chocolate rectangle on top and brush again with water, place vanilla rectangle over it,
    • brush with some more water and finally place the chocolate rectangle over it.
    • Cover the whole thing with plastic wrap and chill untill firm.
    • Now remove it from fridge, trim the sides, Cut into four equal portions.
    • Take one strip and brush with water, place another strip, make sure the alternate colours are stacked. Repeat this.
    • Now wrap and chill for 30 mins.
    • Now cut into squares. Arrange it in baking sheet which is lined with parchment.
    • Bake this for 15 to 17 mins in a preheated oven at 170 degree C.
    • Remove it and let it cool.
    • Store it in a air tight container. Serve with milk.
    Nutrition Facts
    Eggless Checkerboard Cookies Recipe
    Amount Per Serving (1 g)
    Calories 93 Calories from Fat 90
    % Daily Value*
    Fat 10g15%
    Saturated Fat 7g44%
    Trans Fat 0.4g
    Polyunsaturated Fat 0.4g
    Monounsaturated Fat 3g
    Cholesterol 27mg9%
    Sodium 2mg0%
    Potassium 18mg1%
    Carbohydrates 1g0%
    Fiber 0.3g1%
    Sugar 0.1g0%
    Protein 0.3g1%
    Vitamin A 314IU6%
    Calcium 6mg1%
    Iron 0.1mg1%
    * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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    Eggless Checkerboard Cookies Recipe Step by Step

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    Take all your ingredients

     

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    Take butter in a bowl

     

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    add in sugar which is powdered

     

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    add in vanilla

     

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    use a beater to whip this up

     

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    whip till creamy

     

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    add in flour

     

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    and little salt

     

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    mix well

     

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    now it looks almost crumbly

     

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    add in milk

     

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    knead to a soft dough

     

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    divide it into equal portions

     

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    take it in two bowl

     

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    in one bowl, add in cocoa powder

     

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    knead it to a chocolate dough

     

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    cover with plastic wrap

     

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    chill in fridge

     

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    now remove it from fridge

     

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    cut it into two portions

     

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    take one ball

     

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    roll it between two plastic wrap

     

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    shape it into rectangle

     

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    just like this

     

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    now take a chocolate dough

     

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    roll it similar to the vanilla dough

     

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    brush the vanilla dough with some water

     

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    put the chocolate dough on top

     

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    now brush some more water

     

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    place another vanilla dough

     

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    now brush the top with little water and place the
    final chocolate dough

     

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    wrap it lightly and chill for 30 mins

     

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    now take it from the fridge, trim the sides, dont throw it, we will be making marble cookies using these scraps

     

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    cut this into 4 parts

     

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    like this

     

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    now take one dough..Place chocolate strips facing in the end

     

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    brush with water

     

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    now take the other dough, make sure you have vanilla strips on the end

     

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    Can you see that, you have to place alternate colour stacking up

     

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    just like this..Now wrap it up

     

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    chill in fridge

     

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    remove it from fridge

     

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    cut it out

     

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    arrange it in a tray

     

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    I shapes the scraps together and roll it into a ball and flattened it out

     

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    arrange it in a tray

     

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    bake them

     

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    cool the down and serve.
     
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    1. Anonymous

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      Hi aarti can we use salted butter n skip salt?

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    2. santhiya c

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      Really nice

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    3. santhiya c

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      Really nice

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    4. santhiya c

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      Really nice

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    5. santhiya c

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      Really nice

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    6. aarthi dhanraj

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      Oh wow...super dooper recipe..thank u..how many times have wondered eating this cookies from my eebees bakery...how can i replace it with whole wheat flour arti? Full maidha na bad for kids la.. my sons will eat a lot of these... hi hi hi

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    7. Gayathri Sudharson

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      OMG Aarthi.... these are superb.... your blog is flooding with awesome baking recipes.... you might need a separate blog for it...

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    8. aarthi dhanraj

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      Oh wow...super dooper recipe..thank u..how many times have wondered eating this cookies from my eebees bakery...how can i replace it with whole wheat flour arti? Full maidha na bad for kids la.. my sons will eat a lot of these... hi hi hi

      How many cookies will this recipe yield? Including the marble ones ha ha

      U add things like it vl serve this much people.. it vl give us so much chapatis/cookies/ or haf kg cake approx like that...its . much useful i have seen ..for us broots who hav no idea abt cooking results

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    9. Anonymous

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      Lovely recipe....but it should b baked at what temperature?? U forgot to mention dat...plz tell....

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    10. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousi am not sure, because it might turn little salty.

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    11. Aarthi

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      @aarthi dhanrajU can easily use half maida and half wheat flour.

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    12. Aarthi

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      @aarthi dhanrajthe servings is mentioned in the written part.

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    13. Aarthi

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      @Anonymousthanks for mentioning, i have updated it. it is 170 degree C.

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    14. Madhu

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      Watched out ur post on fb nd ran into kitchen to prepare it. Everything baked. But wanted to know, are the cookies cruncy or soft? Mine left with not soft as ghee cookies nor crunchy but litle soft and crunchy. What to do to get the cookies soft..Tassted great.

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    15. Aarthi

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      @Madhuit is a melt in mouth buttery. not so crunchy or hard

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    16. Banasree Nag

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      thank Arathi for nice recipe...I tried it..and it came out very nice. bt one confusion..my cup measurements is 1cup =250 ml..you gv amount of flour 150gm...bt in that cup when I measure 150gm flour n try to make the dough it was nt forming..I need to put more flour...you have written 150gm flour or 1 3/4 cup. ..in my cup 1 3/4 cup means 250+183ml....nt able to understand hw much flour I need to add..please clarify...

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    17. Aarthi

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      @Banasree Nagmy 1 cup is 240 ml. so adjust it as per.

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    18. Surabhi

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      Hello aarti.. like all others, I'm also a big fan of your blog.. the moment I came across YUMMY TUMMY, I've never gone through any other cooking blogs.. reason is so obvious.. your awesome ability to make people understand the ease of cooking.. love you for this.. :*
      BTW I have a query, where can I get unsalted butter,as I can't find it nearby, nor online.. please provide me a link.. I am dying to try your cookies recipes..
      Waiting for your response..

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    19. Aarthi

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      @Surabhiu can get it in any supermarket. big ones

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    20. Ravinder Kaur

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      Amazing aarthi u r superb...plz cnfrm one thing I dnt hv this baking tray ..but I hv convection mode in my microwave so can I bake these cookies in glass bowl the same in which u made lazania

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    21. Ravinder Kaur

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      Amazing aarthi u r superb...plz cnfrm one thing I dnt hv this baking tray ..but I hv convection mode in my microwave so can I bake these cookies in glass bowl the same in which u made lazania

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    22. Gayatri

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      Dear Aarthi Mam, i am a big fan of your's recipes n blog. You are doing a great work n please keep on doing this. Can you please tell me upto what time we should keep dough in fridge to get firm for every time. Thank u in advance.

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    23. Gayatri

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      Dear Aarthi you are doing a great job n please keep on doing it. Your recipe's are very easy n with pictures it is more easy to understand. Can you please tell me upto what time we should keep dough to chill in fridge for getting firm. Thank you in advance.

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      • Aarthi

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        u can set it for 1 hours in fridge.

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    24. Anonymous

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      Can I use Oil instead of butter? I'm a vegan.. Please reply ASAP.. I want to make this today in the evening to surprise my sister.. Thank yooouu

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      • Aarthi

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        not sure. u can use coconut oil.

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