Home-made pocky

This recipe, though short, may be a bit fiddly. So, if you´re new to baking or just get frustrated easily, you have been warned.

This is a recipe for what is probably the tastiest treat in a box I´ve ever eaten *licks lips*.

Ingredients

For the biscuit:
1.-200g white flour
2.-5-10g yeast
3.-15-20g sugar
4.-250ml warm water (110 degrees F/45 degrees C)
5.-25g cornmeal

For the coating:
1.-Melting chocolate of choice. I love the orange-infused white chocolate for this, but it depends on availability.

Utensils:
1.-Bowl.
2.-Spoons.
3.-Chopping-board.
3.-Oven.
4.-Oven-tray.
5.-One large, deep pot.
6.-One small (handle-less) pot (not frying pan, POT) that fits inside the big one.
7.-A working stove.
8.-A wire-rack with little space between bars.

Recipe

1.- Put 1/3rd of the flour in a bowl with the yeast and sugar. Mix well.

2.- Gradually add the water.

3.- Gradually add flour, knead until the dough is smooth and elastic. (It is preferable for it to be a little cumbly than for it to be too soggy). Leave for 8-10mins.

4.- Make thin strips of dough and roll them into a strip the width of a biro-ink-tube. Cut into 15cm cylinders.

5.- Grease a baking-tray. Sprinkle with cornmeal. Place the sticks onto the tray.

6.- Pre-heat oven at 150Cº for 10mins.

7.- Put sticks in (still at 150Cº) and cook until golden-brown and crunchy. Never take your eye of the oven.

8.- Once done, take out to cool.

9.- Once the sticks are cool, put the chocolate in the small pot. 1/4-fill the large pot with water and put it on to boil.

10.- The second the bubbles appear in the water in the large pot, place the small pot with the chocolte in it INSIDE the boiling water. This will stop the chocolate from sticking and burning. Stir the chocolate as it melts.

11.- Once the chocolte is melted, dip the bread-sticks in the chocolate. Don´t cover them completely. Leave them to cool on a wire-rack.

What do you think? Pocky at home! *crunches* Mmmm...
As usual, if you have complains, questions or problems, comment below.

Enjoy!

~RG