Hazelnut/Chocolate Easter Bunny Biscuits
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Makes 12 biscuit sandwiches
Hazelnut biscuits sandwiched together with chocolate butter icing filling
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 1Preheat the oven to 160 C
- STEP 2Place the flour, butter and sugar in a bowl. Rub together with your fingers until fine breadcrumbs.
- STEP 3Mix the vanilla extract and a little milk together in a bowl and add to the dough mixture (breadcrumbs) until the mixture sticks together.
- STEP 4Place 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 5Whilst 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.
- STEP 6Sprinkle caster sugar over all biscuits
