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Chocolate Orange Love Heart Biscuits

Chocolate Orange Love Heart Biscuits - a perfect marriage of flavours to enjoy with your loved ones with a cuppa or a bowl of ice cream:-)
Course Snack, teatime
Cuisine British
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 52
Author Camilla Hawkins

Equipment

  • 1 Cookie press with heart shaped nozzel
  • 1 mixing bowl
  • 1 set digital scales
  • 1 Fine grater
  • 1 Medium saucepan
  • 1 Glass bowl
  • 1 Table knife
  • 1 sieve
  • 1 Wooden spoon
  • 1 Tablespoon

Ingredients

  • 100 g Plain flour
  • 100 g Cornflour
  • 175 g Unsalted butter softened
  • 100 g Icing sugar
  • 150 g Dark chocolate
  • Finely grated zest of 1 orange or 3 clementines

Instructions

  • Pre-heat the oven to 180⁰C.
  • Sift the flour and cornflour into a bowl.
  • Cream together the butter, icing sugar and orange zest until fluffy.
  • Gradually beat in the sifted flour and cornflour.
  • Put half the mixture into a cookie press with heart shape plate.
  • Press out cookie dough allowing room for spread onto an ungreased baking sheet.
  • Repeat process with the other half of the dough.
  • Bake in oven for 8 minutes or until lightly golden (turning tray after about 5 minutes).
  • Allow to cool on tray for a minute before transferring to a cooling rack.
  • Meanwhile melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of barely simmering water (the smaller the better).
  • Dip the top of each heart biscuit in the chocolate to coat and place on a sheet of baking paper to set.
  • Serve with a cuppa or a bowl of ice cream.

Notes

If using a waxed orange/clementines make sure you wash off the wax well with either washing up liquied or vinegar and water.