Belgian Chocolate Biscuits
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Makes Around 12 (Or six if the buttercream is used)
Ingredients
Biscuits
- 100g Margarine
- 50g Caster Sugar
- 100g Self-Raising Flour
- 25g Cocoa
- Few drops of Vanilla Essence
Filling (Optional)
- 100g Margarine
- 50g Caster Sugar
- 100g Self-Raising Flour
- 25g Cocoa
- Few drops of Vanilla Essence
- 50g Butter
- 100g Icing Sugar
- 10ml Hot Milk
- 25g Grated Plain Chocolate melted in 20ml Hot Milk
Method
- STEP 1Preheat the oven to 190oC/Gas mark 5 and grease a baking tray.
- STEP 2Cream together the margarine and the sugar until light and fluffy. Stir in the flour and the cocoa to form a dough like ball, then add the vanilla essence.
- STEP 3Roll the mixture into marble sized balls and place on the baking tray before flattening with a cold fork. Then place in the oven to bake for about 9 minutes.
- STEP 4When they are removed from the oven leave them on the tray for roughly 5 minutes before placing on a cooling rack.
- STEP 5Optional: for the filling you mix the butter and the sugar then add the rest of ingredients. When the biscuits have cooled you can use this to sandwich them.
