Little Christmas biscuits
These little chocolate biscuits are decorated with marzipan. They are ideal to accompany a festive dessert.
Last modified on: October 16th 2026
For 20 biscuits, you will need:
- 1
150 g flour - 2
30 g powdered cocoa - 3
120 g butter - 4
80 g icing sugar - 5
1 egg - 6
½ teaspoon baking powder - 7
50 g marzipan (almond paste) - 8 1 tablespoon icing sugar
- Total weight: 495 grams
Times for this recipe
Preparation
30 min.
Resting
2 hours
Cooking
15 min.
All in all
2 hours 45 min.
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Step by step recipe
Step 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.
Step 2 - ⌛ 5 min.
Knead on slow spead until evenly mixed.
Step 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.
Step 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.
Step 5 - ⌛ 3 min.
Roll out the marzipan and cut out circles with a cutter.
Step 6 - ⌛ 3 min.
Cut again across the middle to make the leaf shape.
Step 7 - ⌛ 5 min.
Use a nozzle to create the spiny outline of holly leaves.
Step 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.
Source: Homemade.
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Nutritional information
| Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats | Calories | Energy | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Per 100 g | 6 g RDI=10 % | 49 g RDI=18 % | 26 g RDI=35 % | 453 kcal RDI=23 % | 1,895 kJ RDI=23 % |
| Per biscuits | 2 g RDI=2 % | 12 g RDI=5 % | 6 g RDI=9 % | 111 kcal RDI=6 % | 465 kJ RDI=6 % |
| Whole recipe | 31 g RDI=48 % | 240 g RDI=90 % | 126 g RDI=173 % | 2,221 kcal RDI=111 % | 9,299 kJ RDI=111 % |
How much will it cost?
For 20 biscuits
2.25 €
Per biscuits
0.15 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
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Butter
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Icing sugar
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Marzipan (almond paste)
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