KBB#8 : Bitter Chocolate Peppermint Biscuits

Source: Donna Hay for Canvas, NZ Herald.


185g butter, softened / 185g mentega, lunakkan (di suhu ruang)

1 cup caster sugar / 1 cup gula kaster

1 egg / 1 btr telur

2 cups plain flour / 2 cups tepung terigu

½ tsp baking powder / ½ sdt baking powder

1 cup icing sugar / 1 cup gula tepung

1 tsp peppermint flavouring / 1 sdt peppermint flavouring

2 Tbs water / 2 Tbs air

200g dark chocolate (70 per cent cocoa) / 200g dark chocolate (70 per cent cocoa)

1 cup cream / 1 cup krim


Preheat the oven to 180C. Place the butter and sugar in the bowl of an electric mixer and beat until light and creamy, add the egg and beat well. Sift the flour and baking powder over the egg mixture and fold through.

Gently knead the dough to bring together. Roll the dough between two sheets of baking paper to 2mm thick. Refrigerate for 30 minutes. Cut out 36 x 7 x 5cm rectangles. Place on baking trays lined with baking paper and bake for 56 minutes or until golden. Allow to cool on trays.

Combine icing sugar, peppermint flavouring and water, and mix until smooth. Set aside. Combine the chocolate and cream in a saucepan over low heat and stir until chocolate is melted and smooth. Set aside.

Sandwich three biscuits biscuits together with peppermint icing. Repeat with the remaining ingredients. Lightly grease a wire rack and place over a baking tray. Place the layered biscuits on a fork, dip each one into the chocolate mixture, place on the rack and refrigerate for 2 hours or until set..