These are the Darling Boyfriend’s (DB) favourite biscuit, so I thought I’d give them a go. A way to a man’s heart is through his stomach and all that!
I have to say, the piping was the hardest and I’ll get a piping set with a bigger nozzle before I attempt these again. That and the little buggers are very fragile and I broke a couple while I was “jamming” and “chocolating”. Otherwise I was very happy with the first attempt.
Ingredients:
250g unsalted butter
55g icing sugar
225g plain flour
75g corn flour
3 tablespoons of berry jam/conserve, sieved
300g dark chocolate
Method:
Pre-heat oven to 170 degrees Celsius.
Weigh out the butter and the soften it by briefly microwaving it, or leave it out on the bench for an hour or two. Weigh out the rest of the ingredients (except for the jam and chocolate) and place with butter into an electric mixer.
Mix the ingredients until it just forms a paste, do not over mix.
For a traditional look, place the mixture into a piping bag with a star nozzle and pipe into desired shape, onto baking paper or silicone biscuit mat.
Bake for 15 minutes or until just lightly golden. Cool on a wire rack, taking care as the biscuits are fragile.
Once cooled, carefully spread the flat side of on biscuit with the sieved jam and top with another biscuit.
Melt the chocolate in a double boiler and carefully dip the end of each biscuit into the chocolate and then place on non-stick baking paper to set.
