Homemade Pocky 自家製ポッキー

Method9 steps · about 1 hr 40 min

1. 1

   Step 1: Add all the dry ingredients into a food processor and pulse one or two times.

   Uses 150 g Plain flour · 1 tbsp Sugar · A pinch of salt

2. 2

   Step 2: Add the chopped butter (50 g) into the food processor and pulse two or three times until resembles coarse bread crumbs.

   Uses Pulsed dry biscuit ingredients · 50 g Unsalted butter

   
3. 3

   Step 3: Add the milk (3 tbsp) and pulse again.

   Uses Butter and flour crumbs · 3 tbsp Milk

4. 4

   Step 4: Wrap the ball of dough with saran wrap/cling film and leave it in the fridge for 30 minutes.

   Chill dough · 30 minUses Formed biscuit dough

5. 5

   Step 5: Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius (or 350 degrees Fahrenheit).

6. 6

   Step 6: Roll the dough out until it's about 5mm thick.

   Uses Chilled biscuit dough

   
7. 7

   Step 7: Form it into a rectangle shape, cutting off the excess dough on the sides. Then cut it into thin pieces about 5mm (or 0.19 inches) wide.

   Uses Dough rolled 5 mm thick

   
8. 8

   Step 8: Arrange the cut sticks on a lined baking tray and bake in the preheated 180°C (350°F) oven for 15 minutes. Bake additional trays in the same way if the batch does not fit at once.

   Bake pocky sticks · 15 minUses Cut biscuit sticks

9. 9

   Step 9: Let the baked biscuit sticks cool. Dip them into the melted milk chocolate (50 g), leaving a short plain end to hold. Sprinkle with the optional crushed almonds (2 tbsp) while the chocolate is wet, then leave the coating to set. The source used 50 g chocolate for its suggested topping; sticks may also be left plain.

   Uses Baked biscuit sticks · 50 g milk chocolate, melted, for the suggested topping · 2 tbsp Crushed almonds