Hazelnut biscuits sandwiched together with chocolate butter icing filling
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Ingredients
Hazelnut Biscuits
500g plain flour
250g butter or margarine
140g icing sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk (more if needed)
Chocolate Filling
500g plain flour
250g butter or margarine
140g icing sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 tablespoons milk (more if needed)
2 tablespoons cocoa powder
1 tablespoon of butter
2 tablespoons of hot water
175g icing sugar
Method
STEP 1
Preheat the oven to 160 C
STEP 2
Place the flour, butter and sugar in a bowl. Rub together with your fingers until fine breadcrumbs.
STEP 3
Mix the vanilla extract and a little milk together in a bowl and add to the dough mixture (breadcrumbs) until the mixture sticks together.
STEP 4
Place on a floured surface and roll out, mold to prefered shape. Cook for 12 minutes and then leave to cool before spreading chocolate filling.
STEP 5
Whilst waiting for biscuits to cool, make the chocolate filling.. Sift cocoa and icing sugar into a bowl. Make a well in the centre and add the butter, then the hot water. Beat well till smooth and spreadable.