Recipe

Chocolate biscuits

Apr 29, 2014 2:00pm
  • 15 mins preparation
  • 15 mins cooking
  • Makes 40 Item
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Ingredients

Chocolate biscuits
  • 2 cup (300g) plain flour
  • 1/2 cup (35g) cocoa powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 250 gram butter, chopped
  • 1 cup (110g) caster sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 150 gram dark chocolate, finely chopped
  • 1/2 cup (75g) finely chopped macadamia nuts
  • 1 1/2 cup (240g) icing sugar, for dusting

Method

Chocolate biscuits
  • 1
    Preheat oven to 160°C and line 2 large oven trays with baking paper.
  • 2
    Sift flour, cocoa, baking powder and salt into a bowl.
  • 3
    Using an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla.
  • 4
    Combine flour mixture with butter mixture. Add dark chocolate and macadamia nuts and mix until just combined. Chill for 30 minutes, until firm.
  • 5
    Using clean hands, shape dough into walnut-sized balls and arrange 5cm apart on prepared trays. Flatten slightly and dust with icing sugar.
  • 6
    Bake for 10-15 minutes, until biscuits crack on top. Cool on trays for 10 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Serve with coffee.

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