HOME MADE BOURBON BISCUIT

 

Delicious and moreish dark chocolate biscuits sandwiched together with smooth chocolate icing.  

Prep Time: 15 minutes 

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Yield: 20 finished biscuits

I am a big biscuit fan and Bourbons top the chart for me! I would eat half a packet of biscuits for breakfast so I tend not to buy them now that I’m older and the weight piles on faster. So I am really pleased I found this recipe and can make them myself (Just need to perfect the chocolate hobnob and the custard cream now!) The chocolate icing for these is perfect.

Ingredients for the biscuits:

• 225g unsalted butter at room temperature
• 225g golden caster sugar
• 4 heaped tsp golden syrup (I have a feeling I added 4 tbsp!)
• 340g self raising flour
• 115g cornflour
• 115g cocoa powder
• 4 tbsp water, or more if needed

Preparation Method
Making the biscuits
 

• Cream the butter, sugar and golden syrup together in a bowl, using an electric mixer
• Sift the flour, cornflour and cocoa powder together and beat into the creamed mixture, along with the water
• If the mixture seems very dry, add a little more water
• Knead thoroughly to form a smooth thick dough
• You can either rest the dough in the fridge until you are ready to finish making the biscuits, or roll it out straight away.

Baking the biscuits

• Preheat the oven to 180C and line a baking tray with parchment paper
• Lightly flour your work surface and roll out the dough (aim for a thickness of 3-4mm)
• Using a cookie cutter cut out your biscuits in pairs
• Lay each biscuit on the tray, leaving a little space between
• Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes until hard to the touch. Make sure you don’t overcook them or they will burn (they will firm up when cooling)
• Allow to cool.

Ingredients for the icing

• 2 tbsp cocoa powder
• 4 tsp warm water
• 115g unsalted butter at room temperature
• 6 tbsp icing sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract (Optional)

Method

• Sift the cocoa powder into a bowl, add the warm water and stir together
• In a separate bowl, beat the butter until smooth using an electric mixer
• Add the icing sugar and vanilla extract (if using) and beat well
• Add the cocoa powder and water
• Sandwich 2 biscuits together.

Note: I piped the chocolate icing in the middle – it just made it easier to make it neat.