Decadent Chocolate Biscuits
Ingredients2 tablspoons dark rum or orange juice
1 cup sultanas
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup caster sugar
150g butter
1 egg
2 cups plain flour
1 tablespoon cocoa
100g dark chocolate (I used Lindt)
MethodSoak the sultanas in the rum overnight.
Place the broken up chocolate into the
. 3 seconds on Speed 8. If you want chunkier pieces do it for less time. Remove to another bowl.
Place butter, sugars and egg into
. Speed 5 for 10 seconds. *:may need scraping down.
Add flour and cocoa to
.Speed 4 for 25 seconds.
Add the sultanas and chocolate.
speed 5 for 11 seconds. You may need to use a higher speed as this is a stiff mixture. (This time etc was fine for me)
Place spoonfuls onto a lined baking tray and bake at 180 degrees for 15 minutes.
Allow to cool on trays as they firm up as they cool.
You could add macadamias or almonds. If you use orange juice instead of rum, use Lindt Orange Intense chocolate and the biscuits are beautiful. The Orange Intense doesn't really go with rum.
I have based this recipe loosely on one from the New Idea but I've made quite a few changes.
members' commentsBrazen - they are yummo!!
JD - I have just made these although slightly different due to the fact I didn't read the recipe right through before I started. It is a very accommodating recipe though and the changes didn't seem to affect the finished product. Got all the ingredients out then found I was supposed to soak the fruit overnight! Didn't do this, just went ahead with the recipe and hoped for the best. Thought I had sultanas but only had small boxes of sultanas and dried apple for the grand-daughter so in they went. Didn't have enough dark chocolate so it was half and half. No butter so used margarine and instead of rum I used Triple Sec as suggested by Thermomixer. Don't know how many it was supposed to make (I got over 50 cookies) and didn't know whether they were supposed to have a chewy centre or be crisp so cooked the 2 trays for different times - one lot for 17 minutes and the second for 20 minutes. Like them both!
JulieO - Cookie, I made your biscuits today using Lindt dark chocolate and some macadamias and Triple Sec. They turned out great. I will try the orange juice/Lindt orange choc next time. I got 29 out of my mix. Thanks for a great recipe.
Amanda - I made these again yesterday and substituted some leftover peanut butter chips for the sultanas. They are very crunchy and the kids like them but I should have added a little more liquid to make up for the soaked sultanas. They are still lovely and chocolatey though!
Amy - I made these early this morning for a friend of mine. They smell delicious but don't have a very chocolatey look to them. I hope they taste decadent enough for my friend. I did add extra chocolate, which logic told me would make them even more decadent and chocolatey.
