Friday, 14 August 2015

FLOURLESS CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT BISCUITS .


 
Preheat your oven 160 deg C
Place 2 cups of sifted icing sugar along with 1/2 cup of of sifted cacoa powder in the bowl of your electric mixer .
Add a pinch of salt , 2 large egg whites ( at room temperature ) and a tsp of vanilla extract .
Mix on the dough setting until thoroughly blended and the batter is thick and moist .
Now fold in 2  crushed  35gm   peppermint crisps .
Drop heaped dsp on  baking paper in an oven tray .
Bake for 12 minutes until the tops are glossy and slightly cracked .
They will be slightly chewy in the middle .
Overcooking will result in brittle biscuits .
You can vary this recipe with ...coffee powder , nuts ,  butterscotch, chopped mixed peel or glace cherries .

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