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Chocolate freckle biscuits

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Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 12 minutes
Servings: 30
Author: Adapted slightly from Women's Weekly Bake

Ingredients

  • 125 g 1 stick butter, softened
  • ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 ½ cups plain AP flour
  • ¼ cup self-raising flour
  • ¼ cup cocoa powder
  • ½ teaspoon ginger powder
  • 200 g dark eating chocolate
  • a few tablespoon hundreds and thousands

Instructions

  • In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter, sugar and egg together until light and creamy.
  • Add the flours, cocoa and ginger and mix them through until it forms a dough with no more dry bits.
  • Lay a sheet of baking paper on the bench and tip the dough out onto it.
  • Pat/knead the dough unti it's smooth then place another sheet of baking paper on top.
  • Use a rolling pin to roll it out to 5mm thickness then refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  • Pre-heat the oven to 160C fan-forced and line two baking trays with baking paper.
  • Using a 4cm round cookie cutter, cut rounds from the dough and place on the trays leaving about 2cm between each one.
  • Bake for 10-12 minutes or until firm then leave them to sit on the trays for 5 minutes.
  • Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
  • Melt the chocolate in the microwave.
  • Spread the melted chocolate over the cooled biscuits then sprinkle with 100s and 1000s.
  • Leave to set and then store in an airtight container.
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