Bourbon biscuits - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
12 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
For the biscuits
- 225 g Plain white flour
- 125 g Butter (unsalted) chilled
- 75 g Cocoa powder
- 125 g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 2 tbsp Golden syrup
- 1 tsp Bicarbonate of soda
- 3 tbsp Milk
For the filling
- 3 tbsp Custard powder
- 100 g Icing sugar
- 25 g Cocoa powder
- 75 g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 2 tsp Milk
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1
In a food processor blend together the flour, butter, cocoa powder, sugar, golden syrup, bicarbonate of soda.
For this step you'll need:
- 225g Plain white flour
- 125g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 75g Cocoa powder
- 125g Unrefined golden caster sugar
- 2 tbsp Golden syrup
- 1tsp Bicarbonate of soda
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2
Gradually add the milk until the mixture forms a dough.
For this step you'll need:
- 3 tbsp Milk
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3
Wrap the dough in cling film and chill in the fridge for 10 minutes.
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4
Unwrap and roll out the dough out to a thickness of 1cm
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5
Cut out rectangles approximately 3x8cm and using a skewer make the traditional indents on the top of every other biscuit.
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6
Place on a baking sheet lined with baking paper and chill the biscuits in the fridge for 30 minutes.
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7
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160° fan gas mark 4).
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Bake the biscuits for 20-25 minutes then leave to cool.
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9
To make the filling, blend together the icing sugar, butter, custard powder and cocoa powder.
For this step you'll need:
- 100g Icing sugar
- 75g Butter (unsalted) softened
- 3 tbsp Custard powder
- 25g Cocoa powder
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10
Once the biscuits are fully cooled, pipe the filling and sandwich the biscuits together.