Chocolate mint kisses

Method

1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4).

2. Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl until light and creamy.

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.

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.

5. Bake the biscuits for 10 minutes. Then leave to cool on the tray.

6. While the biscuits cool, beat the butter and icing sugar together until smooth and creamy. Adding a drop of boiling water if necessary.

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.