Little Christmas biscuits
These little chocolate biscuits are decorated with marzipan. They are ideal to accompany a festive dessert.
68,893 24.3/5 for 19 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: December 23th 2012
For 20 biscuits, you will need:
- 0
150 g flour - 1
30 g powdered cocoa - 2
120 g butter - 3
80 g icing sugar - 4
1 egg - 5
½ teaspoon baking powder - 6
50 g Marzipan (almond paste) - 7 1 tablespoon icing sugar
- Total weight: 498 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 26 min. | 2 hours | 15 min. | 2 hours 41 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Put into a food-processor bowl: 150 g flour, 30 g powdered cocoa, 120 g butter, 80 g icing sugar, 1 egg and ½ teaspoon baking powder.
Stage 2 - 5 min.
Knead on slow spead until evenly mixed.
Stage 3 - 2 hours
Gather the dough into a "cake", wrap in plastic film and refrigerate for at least 2 hours.
You can prepare the dough the day before you use it.
You can prepare the dough the day before you use it.
Stage 4 - 15 min.
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).
Roll out the dough to about ½ cm ( ¼ inch) thick, cut into small lozenge shapes and arrange on a baking sheet.
Bake for about 15 minutes.
Roll out the dough to about ½ cm ( ¼ inch) thick, cut into small lozenge shapes and arrange on a baking sheet.
Bake for about 15 minutes.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Roll out the marzipan and cut out circles with a cutter.
Stage 6 - 3 min.
Cut again across the middle to make the leaf shape.
Stage 7 - 5 min.
Use a nozzle to create the spiny outline of holly leaves.
Stage 8 - 5 min.
Arrange 1 or 2 leaves on each biscuit (depending on their size), add small red sweets for berries and dust with a little icing sugar.
Remarks
For more detailed instructions on working with marzipan, you can see how to make marzipan decorations.
You can stick the holly leaves and berries with a little jam.
If you don't have any red sweets, you might have a few red currants in the freezer.
You can stick the holly leaves and berries with a little jam.
If you don't have any red sweets, you might have a few red currants in the freezer.
Keeping:
A few days in an aritight tin.Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,081 Kcal or 8,713 Kj | 28 gr | 228 gr | 118 gr |
| 104 % | 11 % | 21 % | 18 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 418 Kcal or 1,750 Kj | 6 gr | 46 gr | 24 gr |
| 21 % | 2 % | 4 % | 4 % |
| Per biscuits | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 104 Kcal or 435 Kj | 1 gr | 11 gr | 6 gr |
| 5 % | 1 % | 1 % | 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 20 biscuits : 2.26 €
- Per biscuits : 0.11 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
Home made.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Liège waffles, Génoise (Genoa sponge), Gingerbread, Chocolate mug cake, Ciabatta, ... All |
| Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: The total turnip, Basic cake batter - the French way, Potato and broccoli gratin, Grilled cheese, Sauce Normande (for fish), ... All |
| Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Calissons, Succès praliné (praline meringue), Pistachio madeleines, Stuffed prunes, Amiens macaroons, ... All |
 | Marzipan (almond paste): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Agen prune cake, Piped petits-fours, Provençal colombier for Pentecost, Fraisier (French strawberry cake), How to make marzipan decorations, ... All |
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