I like the look of this book.

My DH calls them 'scurrilous french novels'. They are great when you can't devote a lot of time to reading as they are so easy to pick up and just continue on without having to remember things.

My DH claims to have read lots of fiction. Mainly 'Noddy' etc when he read to DD.

Not a heck of a lot of baking round here lately as it's so hot. I am a real whinger when the heat arrives. Sorbets for all snacks.
I'm out of bread so I'll have to make some later today. Most main meals are on the barbie. DH gets to do them then.

I'm glad that you enjoyed Baf's chicken Chrissy.
I'm a bit like Brazen, it was quite a while before I was really into my TMX. It was this forum that gave me recipes and kept me going. To be honest it was probably a year before I could do things without checking on similar recipes and just go for it. When you have been cooking for years it can take a bit of getting used to. Small steps first.

Welcome Pippa. Hopefully we can help make your cooking easier.

Jaffa Biscuits
Ingredients
200g butter
90g dark choc chips or orange intense lindt broken up
75g icing sugar
2 teaspoons orange zest
225g plain flour
small teaspoon baking powder
75g custard powder for those who don't use it you could probably use cornflour
Method
Make the icing sugar in the TMX and set aside.
Melt the butter on 60⁰.
Add chocolate and icing sugar and mix on speed 3 for about 3/4 seconds. The chocolate doesn't need to all melt.
Add zest, flour, baking powder and custard powder and mix using until it all comes together.
The mixture may be quite soft.
You can remove it from the machine and allow it to cool a little or go ahead straight away. (this is what I did)
Put walnut size pieces onto tray lined with baking paper. Press top down with a fork.
If the mixture is cool enough you may like to roll them to make smooth balls.
Bake at 180⁰ about 10-12 minutes depending on your oven.
Cool on trays for 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.
Tweaks
If you use the Lindt chocolate the orange flavour will be stronger.
I made about 32 from this recipe.
Photo
Sorry couldn't resist including the flowers DD received for her birthday.




members' comments

Chookie - I made these and they were easy and very nice.   DH kept pinching them when he thought I wasn't looking.   So I knew they were OK.   I added only one teaspoon of the orange rind as I used the orange flavored Lindt.   The ones that survived the 'raid', I stuck together with chocolate icing.   Thanks again for this recipe.

KarenH -  They are gorgeous!  Thanks for posting. I used the full amount of the orange rind as well as the orange intense chocolate.  They were great - the orange wasn't too strong at all.

Good on you MJ.

Lateral thinking well done.