Name: Hot-chocolate biscuits
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 40 servings
Cuisine: Ingredients
Ingredients: 250 ml castor sugar; 250 ml brown sugar; 3 eggs; 350 g butter; 375 ml hot-chocolate powder; 5 ml vanilla essence; 250 ml castor sugar; 115 g butter; 60 ml milk; 30 ml hot-chocolate powder; 1 ml flour self-raising

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Ingredients (11)

250 ml	castor sugar
250 ml	brown sugar
3	eggs
350 g	butter
375 ml	hot-chocolate powder
5 ml	vanilla — essence
250 ml	castor sugar
115 g	butter
60 ml	milk
30 ml	hot-chocolate powder
1 ml	flour — self-raising

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Method:

Preheat the oven to 180°C and grease a baking tray.

1. Beat the caster sugar and brown sugar with the eggs until light and pale. Add the butter and mix well. Add the flour, hot chocolate and vanilla essence and mix to a soft dough.

2. Roll the dough into small balls and place the balls on the baking tray. Flatten them slightly and bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Leave to cool.

3. FILLING

Place the sugar, butter and milk in a saucepan. Mix the hot-chocolate powder with the boiling water and add it to the milk mixture. Mix well and boil rapidly for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and beat until stiff and cold.

4. Spread the filling over cooled biscuits and sandwich together.