Little Christmas biscuits
These little chocolate biscuits are decorated with marzipan. They are ideal to accompany a festive dessert.
2 hours 45 min.
Easy
60 biscuits
8 IngredientsLast modified on: December 23th 2012
For 60 biscuits, you will need:
- 1
450 g flour - 2
90 g powdered cocoa - 3
360 g butter - 4
240 g icing sugar - 5
3 eggs - 6
1.5 teaspoon baking powder - 7
150 g marzipan (almond paste) - 8 3 tablespoons icing sugar
- Total weight: 1,495 grams
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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
Stage 1 - 5 min.
Put into a food-processor bowl: 450 g flour, 90 g powdered cocoa, 360 g butter, 240 g icing sugar, 3 eggs and 1.5 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.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
| Proteins (gr) | Carbohydrates (gr) | Fats (gr) | Energy value (in k-calories) | Energy value (in k-joules) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whole recipe | 120 RDI=50 % | 920 RDI=90 % | 470 RDI=70 % | 6,740 RDI=340 % | 28,220 RDI: 340 % |
| Per 100 g | 8 RDI=3 % | 60 RDI=6 % | 30 RDI=5 % | 450 RDI=20 % | 1,890 RDI: 20 % |
| Per biscuits | 2 RDI=1 % | 20 RDI=1 % | 7 RDI=1 % | 110 RDI=6 % | 470 RDI: 6 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 60 biscuits : 6.80 €
- Per biscuits : 0.15 €
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