Horlicks Doggie Cookies
I shall leave you with a pic of the cookies I baked. I haven’t had the time to re-write the recipe and instructions in my own format, but I will do it… soon.
In the meanwhile, you folks can refer to this link to get the recipe. It’s a little vague though, and might be a tad difficult for beginner bakers (not to say that I’m an expert :lol:).
Alright, I’ve finally found some time to write the recipe in the format I am used to seeing. Blame it on my peculiar habit; I tend to function better when I read a recipe in this format.
Horlicks Doggie Cookies
200g top flour
25g corn flour
25g milk powder
180g butter (Golden Churn can recommended)
80g horlicks
100g large chocolate chips
some mini chocolate chips
a pack of Koko Krunch
- Preheat oven to 140°C.
- Line a baking sheet with baking paper and set aside.
- Sift together the top flour, corn flour and milk powder in a medium bowl. Set aside.
- Cream together the butter and Horlicks in a large mixing bowl for about 3 minutes at low speed. Take care not to over-beat.
- Add in the sifted dry ingredients and beat for about 1 minute to form dough.
- Divide dough into 11-12g each.
- Add 3-4 large chocolate chips into the divided dough and roll into balls. Place them neatly onto the baking sheet.
- Use the mini chocolate chips as the ‘nose’ and add 2 Koko Krunch for the ‘ears’.
- Bake for about 25 minutes or until the cookie is golden brown in colour.
- Remove baking sheet from oven.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool before storing in an airtight container.
Yield : 25 cookies
These cookies are CUTE, and I’m quite sure they will be a hit with the young nieces and nephews if I bake them during the Lunar New Year. Sis did comment though, that there was no QC at all. Some of my doggies looked like pigs, and some looked like bears!
Oh well… I can always practise till perfection…
Some comments from The Hubby’s colleagues were stuff like ‘it’s not sweet enough’, ‘can do with more chocolate chips’, ‘it’s too sweet’ etc. You get the drift. Can’t please everyone. 
As for the recipients of my sis’ cookie gifts… well, they love the cookies, but they seriously can’t tell if the cookies are supposed to be ‘pigs’ or ‘dogs’. Well… I have 2 dogs at home who sometimes behave as pigs! Who can blame me for mixing these 2 animals up anyway?
Very cute cookies! Oh, I’m sure they’ll be a hit, even I wanna try them!
They are very very cute leh!!!!!!!
hey CY, nice cookies. but i noticed u didnt use anything for the eyes? some used choc rice for the eyes…
Hi Yummie Dummies, Aya and Evan,
These cookies are quite cute huh.
Try them out and let me know if you modify the recipe to make it even better ok?
Aya, so sorry I was so busy at work I forgot to congratulate you on your BIG DAY. Trust everything went smoothly for you and your ‘labbit’ that day? How’s the annual ‘pilgrimmage’ to Japan? We’ll catch up soon yeah!
Evan dear, thanks for the suggestion. I’ll try it the next time round. Anything to make them look more like dogs. It was really upsetting when my ‘dogs’ were mistaken to be ‘pigs’.
Cadenze
hi dear, i was only suggesting coz i seen a few ppl make and they do look like doggies =) see this :
http://ellenaguan2.blogspot.com/2006/07/doggie-malted-cookies.html
i tot u seen them in papers and they shd hv the eyes made using choc rice? or don’t hv? nvm lah, there’ll be a nx time, but then i won’t make coz it seems pretty time consuming. got better things to do now LOL! take care dear.
What is the difference between the can butter and the normal butter? Why is the can butter recommended in this case?
I’ve never used can butter before. Do I have to keep the balance in the fridge?
Hi Yvonne,
The can butter is more expensive, and it’s more convenient to use because it doesn’t need to be refrigerated, so when you need to use it, there isn’t a need to wait for the butter to soften slightly.
I have no idea why the lady recommended this brand of butter to use. Perhaps it’s her own preference.
And nope, no need to keep the balance in the fridge.
Hi Cadenze,
Thanks! Just tried out the cookies. My girl loved them. She enjoys putting in the chocolate chips, nose and ears. It is easier to ‘fix’ the eyes if you keep the chocolate rice in the fridge first. This is the most tedious part.
hi~ i had tried this cookies but i got this problem….
the koko krunch part for my cookies always become soft and not crunchy anymore because i left the cookies to cool for too long..
but the chocolates chips (at the nose there) took a long time to dry.
Do you normally left the cookies to cool for 5 mins and then transfer them into the container?
Hi Serene,
I store the cookies once they are cool to touch. Yes, I have the same problem with the chocolate chips too. Even when they are cool, they will smudge the sides of the container when I store them.
I don’t have the problem with the koko krunch though.
Hi! I tried the doggie cookies last night. Mine came out flattish, not rounded,
unlike yours. Why do you think this was so? Also, I had to bake mine for about 30 min.
I used Lurpak butter. Do you think that made a difference? Oh, I also added in some sugar.
Tasted pretty good. Not sweet at all.
Great site you have!
Sue
Hi Sue,
Do you have an oven thermometer inside your oven to tell you the exact temperature in the oven? I suspect your oven temperature was not at 140°C. The butter might have made a difference, because Golden Chrun canned butter irs really very moist.
My cookies were not perfect rounds either. There are two reasons why a cookie might spread more than expected, thus making it flattish. 1) the butter was too soft when you started creaming it or 2) oven temperature was too hot. So it’s important to know if you were able to control your oven temperature accurately.
cadenze
Hi Cadenze
Thanks for your reply. My butter wasn’t too soft so maybe the problem’s with my oven temperature. Thanks again.