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Cobnut and chocolate shortbreads
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- + drying
- Easy
- Makes 12
Ingredients
- 250g cobnuts or hazelnuts, shelled and peeled
- 250g unsalted butter
- 200g golden caster sugar
- 300g plain flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 200g dark chocolate, chopped
Method
- STEP 1
Heat the oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Toast the nuts in a dry frying pan until they start to smell roasted, then cool. Grind the nuts until they are quite fine but not as fine as ground almonds. Beat the butter and sugar, then work in the flour, nuts and vanilla extract.
- STEP 2
Divide the mixture up and roll into balls, then press on a non-stick or lined baking tray. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden. Allow to cool
- STEP 3
Melt the chocolate in a microwave or bain marie. Dip one half of each biscuit into the chocolate and leave to dry on baking parchment.
