How to Cook Best Chocolate Pastry Recipe

Best Chocolate Pastry.

You can cook delicius Best Chocolate Pastry using 11 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you achieve that with this recipe.

Basic Ingredients of Best Chocolate Pastry

1. You need 4 1/2 of to 5 C flour total.
2. It's 1/2 C of sugar.
3. Prepare 1 tsp of salt.
4. You need 2 tsp of yeast.
5. Prepare 3/4 C of milk.
6. Prepare 1/2 C of water.
7. It's 1/2 C of shortening.
8. You need 2 of eggs.
9. Prepare 1/4 C of cocoa powder.
10. Prepare 1/2 C of or so sugar for filling.
11. Prepare 1 stick of softened butter.

Best Chocolate Pastry step by step

1. Stir together 1 3/4 C of the flour, sugar and yeast, set aside.
2. Heat milk, water and shortening until warm.
3. Stir into flour mixture, stir well, then add eggs and beat for 3 minutes, then add salt and stir.
4. Stir in remaining flour 1 cup at a time until you get a soft kinda sticky dough.
5. Knead a few minutes until smooth, then cover and let rest for 20 minutes.
6. On floured surface, roll dough out to 1/2 inch thickness.
7. Smear the butter, all the way to the edges, then sprinkle the cocoa powder on the butter, then sprinkle with a generous amount of sugar. At this point you can also sprinkle with chocolate chips.
8. Roll tightly then cut into 2 inch slices.
9. Arrange not quite touching in an ungreased 9x13 pan, cover with plastic wrap and let rise for 40 to 60 minutes.
10. Bake in preheated 350 oven for about 20 minutes, until set and slightly springy.
11. Invert on to plate right away, and let cool a little before frosting. I recommend a chocolate glaze of powdered sugar, cocoa, vanilla and splash of milk.