Chocolate Cream Biscuits

Recipe No: 214

I am a big fan of Britannia Bourbon (Chocolate Cream) Biscuits (Somehow I don’t like any of the other brands.) and unfortunately (or fortunately for me!) my kids are not. But even now, I buy these at times and indulge in a blissful moment all by myself!!! So I decided to make something that is similar to that Britannia Bourbon and along came these Biscuits… and I should say I didn’t get a chance to indulge in these Biscuits much, as my daughter went crazy over it and ate most of it together with her father!!!

Ingredients                                         Makes around 15
To make the Biscuits

• Butter……………………….......1/2 cup/ 1 stick/ 8 Tablespoons (room Temperature)
• All Purpose Flour/ Maida…1 ¼ Cup
• Cocoa Powder………………...2 Tablespoons
• Fine Sugar……………………..1/4 Cup (If Sugar has big granules powder it slightly)
• Water……………………………2 Tablespoons
• Granulated Sugar for sprinkling on top

To make the Cream

• Semisweet Chocolate chips…1/3 Cup
• Milk Powder…………………..…1 Tablespoon
• Water…………………………..….1 Tablespoon
• Vanilla Essence………………...1/4 Teaspoon
• Instant Coffee Powder…….…1/8 Teaspoon
• Butter………………………….…..1 Tablespoon
• Powdered Sugar………………..1 Tablespoon

Method of Preparation
To make the Biscuits

1. Mix together Flour, Sugar and Cocoa Powder really well.
2. Mix in the Butter with your hands (just like you make Puttupodi) thoroughly until it resembles wet sand.
3. Add the Water and knead it into soft dough.
4. Cover the dough with Aluminum Foil and refrigerate for about ½ hour.
5. Preheat the oven to 375˚F/190˚C.

6. Once chilled, roll out the dough into a rectangle with 1/8 of an inch
   thickness.
7. Cut 3 X 1 inch rectangles from the rolled out dough and place them on a buttered cookie sheet ½ inch apart.
8. Prick the top of the Biscuits with a fork and sprinkle granulated Sugar on top of half of the Biscuits.
9. Bake them in the middle of the oven for 12 minutes or until the sides start to turn light brown.
10. Once out of the oven, let it cool on the sheet itself.

To make the Cream (Substitutes in the notes section)

1. Dissolve  Milk Powder in Water thoroughly. (Use 1 ½ Tablespoons of Heavy Cream instead)
2. Add Chocolate chips, Coffee and Butter to the Milk and double boil till it melts thoroughly. (You can Microwave it, but do stop and mix every 10 seconds.)
3. Once slightly cooled, mix in Vanilla Essence and Powdered Sugar to the Chocolate mixture and keep aside till ready to be used.

To assemble the Cream Biscuits

1. Spread some Cream on the flat side of the Biscuits without Sugar and sandwich it with  Biscuits with Sugar on top. Press slightly so that the Cream spreads till the edge.
2. Allow it to set for 1 hour before serving.

Notes:

• In US, the regular Sugar is very fine. So I used granulated Sugar, which has bigger granules to sprinkle on top of the Biscuits. Fine Sugar will not be seen once the Biscuits are done. If the Sugar you are using have big granules(like the ones in India) do use that to sprinkle on top.
• Rotate the tray half way through baking to ensure even cooking of the Biscuits.
• This Biscuits will not rise or spread much as there are no leavening agents in the dough. But because of the amount of Butter it will be very light.
• While making the Cream, mix in the Powdered Sugar to the chocolate mixture only after it is cooled otherwise the Sugar will melt.
• If the prepared Cream is a bit on the loose side, keep it in the fridge and allow it to chill so that it hardens slightly.
• Let the Biscuits cool thoroughly before making it into Cream Biscuits.
• This Biscuits as such is not on the Sweeter side as it is meant to be eaten with the Cream which is on the sweeter side. But I have to say my daughter like it even without the Cream.
• The Cream in the middle will become more stable as it sits. After 5-6 hours it will become perfect. (We didn't have so much patience and so the Cream came out a bit while eating.)
• Substitutes for the Chocolate Cream:

1. If you want a Vanilla Cream do mix Butter with Powdered Sugar and a bit of Vanilla Essence till it attains a creamy consistency.
2. Avoid Vanilla Essence from the above Cream and add Cocoa Powder made into a paste with Water to get a very simple Chocolate Cream. Add Powdered Sugar as needed.

 






Make it, enjoy the deliciousness and 
serve it to your family with love…