Chocolate mint kisses - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
10 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
For the biscuits
- 100 g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 50 g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 2 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 150 g Self-raising white flour
For the filling
- 50 g Butter (unsalted)
- 200 g Icing sugar
- Green food colouring a few drops
- Peppermint extract 2-3 drops to taste
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1
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4).
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2
Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl until light and creamy.
For this step you'll need:
- 100g Butter (unsalted)
- 50g Unrefined golden caster sugar
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3
Add the flour and drinking chocolate or cocoa powder, to make a soft dough. Bring the dough together with your hands then roll into about 20 balls.
For this step you'll need:
- 150g Self-raising white flour
- 2 tbsp Cocoa powder
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4
Place the balls of dough onto 2 ungreased baking trays, allowing room for them to spread when baked. Flatten each slightly with a fork.
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5
Bake the biscuits for 10 minutes. Then leave to cool on the tray.
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6
While the biscuits cool, beat the butter and icing sugar together until smooth and creamy. Adding a drop of boiling water if necessary.
For this step you'll need:
- 50g Butter (unsalted)
- 200g Icing sugar
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7
Colour with green food colouring and add a few drops of peppermint extract. Spread the icing on top of 10 biscuits and sandwich together with the other 10. Store in a cake tin for 1 week.
For this step you'll need:
- Green food colouring a few drops
- Peppermint extract 2-3 drops to taste