CHOCOLATE COCUNUT CREAM BISCUITS
INGREDIENTS
◾️500 grams of butter ( room temperature )
◾️1 cup of caster sugar
◾️¼ cup of icing sugar
◾️¼ cup of oil
◾️1 egg
◾️1 tablespoon of vanilla essence
◾️4 cups of cake flour
◾️1 tsp baking powder
◾️125 grams of cocoa powder
◾️2 cups of medium dessicated coconut .
◾️450 grams plain chocolate, melted in a bowl in a microwave for 2 minutes.
METHOD
◾️In a large bowl w with electric mixer, butter, oil, icing sugar and caster sugar till light and fluffy, about 3 to 4 minutes .
◾️Next, add the egg and vanilla essence and mix for a minute - now add all the dry ingredients and mix by hand to form a soft dough.
◾️Cling wrap and chill in the fridge for 20 minutes.
◾️Preheat oven to 180°C.
◾️Roll out dough on a well floured surface and ensure that your rolling pin is floured as well or simply place some cling film or wax paper over dough and roll out .
◾️Take a fork and run lightly over dough, scraping to form the rugged look.
◾️Cut out shapes 🍫 with cookie cutter and place on greased baking sheet, bake for 12 to 15 minutes .
◾️When cooled turn the biscuits up side down, so if you baked 50 biscuits , only turn around 25 biscuits .
◾️Allow the melted chocolate to cool down for 10 to 15 minutes.
◾️Spoon the chocolate on top of the biscuit and wait for the chocolate to half set a bit before lightly placing the top biscuit .
◾️Press gently .