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Recipe ~ Christmas Cookies # 1

Choco biscuits – Speculoos 🍫✨ That's it... The Christmas period is here... And with it its delicious smells of fir, spices, cinnamon, fireplace and kindness... So here we go for the Christmas recipes!! 🌲🎅

January 7, 2025Recipe

For
About twenty biscuits
Oven
180 °C
Cooking
12 min
Flower and star shaped cookies, baked on parchment paper.

Ingredients

For the biscuits

  • 300 gT65 flour
  • 150 gunsalted butter at room temperature
  • 150 gbrown sugar
  • 1egg
  • 1 tbsplevel of 5 spices
  • 1 pinchbicarbonate

For the ganache

  • 50 gwhipping cream
  • 200 gdark chocolate

Preparation

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C (gas mark 6)
  2. In a salad bowl, mix the dry ingredients of the dough.
  3. In a food processor, mix the butter and brown sugar, then add the egg and mix until completely incorporated.
  4. Add the ingredients from the salad bowl and mix quickly until a smooth ball forms.
  5. Cut the dough in half and roll out each piece.
  6. Cut out shapes with cookie cutters (about 40).
  7. Place them on a baking sheet covered with baking paper.
  8. On half, cut out shapes so that you can see the filling.
  9. Cook for 12 minutes.
  10. Meanwhile, prepare the ganache.
  11. Cut the chocolate into very small pieces.
  12. Heat the cream without boiling it.
  13. When the latter is hot, add the chocolate – cover with a lid and wait 5 minutes – stir to obtain a homogeneous mixture.
  14. Immediately fill the full biscuit part and cover them with the openwork biscuits.
  15. Leave to set at room temperature.
  16. Store in a metal cookie tin.
Cookies decorated with melted chocolate, ready to be browned in the oven.

Home tips

  • To make it easier to mix the cream and chocolate in the ganache, heat the cream then place the cream and chocolate mixture in a very gentle bain-marie – leave to melt and stir gently after a few minutes.

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