Belgian Chocolate Biscuits

Method

• step 1

  Preheat the oven to 190oC/Gas mark 5 and grease a baking tray.

• step 2

  Cream 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 3

  Roll 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 4

  When they are removed from the oven leave them on the tray for roughly 5 minutes before placing on a cooling rack.

• step 5

  Optional: 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.