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Chocolate Hazelnut Biscuits
20 min
Ingredients
- 125g (1 cup) whole hazelnuts
- 200g butter
- 1 cup brown sugar
- firmly packed
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1 egg
- 1½ cups self raising flour
- ½ cup plain flour
- ½ cup desiccated coconut
- 100 g block dark chocolate chopped (or use Choc Bits)
- Extra desiccated or chopped shredded coconut (optional)
Methods
1
Toast hazelnuts in moderately slow oven for 20 minutes then rub off the papery skins in a tea towel.
2
Cream butter and brown sugar with vanilla until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg. Mix in the sifted flours, coconut, chopped hazelnuts and chopped chocolate or Choc Bits.
3
Roll into small balls using floured hands (add 1 extra tbsp of flour to the mixture if it sticks to hands).
4
Place onto well greased trays, leaving room between to allow for spreading. Sprinkle a little extra coconut over each biscuit (optional)
5
Bake in moderately hot oven for 20 minutes. Loosen from trays while still warm and, when cold, store in airtight container. This recipe makes about 50 biscuits.
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