Chocolate mint kisses
5 Reviews
About the bake
Delightfully tasty, this recipe is great to make on a Sunday afternoon. Serve with traditional english tea in fine china.
Method
Step 1
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, gas mark 4).
Step 2
Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl until light and creamy.
Step 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.
Step 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.
Step 5
Bake the biscuits for 10 minutes. Then leave to cool on the tray.
Step 6
While the biscuits cool, beat the butter and icing sugar together until smooth and creamy. Adding a drop of boiling water if necessary.
Step 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.
Ingredients
For the biscuits
- 100gButter (unsalted) (softened)
- 50gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
- 2 tbspCocoa powder
- 150gAllinson's Self Raising Flour
For the filling
- 50gButter (unsalted)
- 200gSilver Spoon Icing sugar
- Green food colouring (a few drops)
- Peppermint extract (2-3 drops to taste)