Chocolate Biscuits

This is not my recipie its Nigella Lawson but these are really easy to make and taste amazing

250g soft butter

150g caster sugar

40g cocoa powder

300g plain flour

1/2 tsp bicarb of soda

1tsp baking powder

topping:

2 tbsp cocoa powder

175g icing sugar

60ml boiling water from kettle

hundreds and thousands

Cream butter and sugar with electric whisk then beat in cocoa powder. When thats mixed in beat in flour, bicarb and baking powder. The mixture is very soft and sticky so its messy but pick off lumps of mixture about size of a walnut, roll into a ball and flatten into discs as you place them on a lined baking tray. This recipie is for approx 24 biscuits but depends how big you make them. Bake each batch for 15 mins at 170/GM3 she doesnt specify for fan oven so i checked after 10 mins.

Once biscuits are cool make the topping. First time i made this it was far too runny but i didnt know how it was supposed to turn out however 2nd time it was much thicker so i must have mis read the recipie first time. Should be runny but not liquid and not thick like icing. Anyway put the cocoa powder, water and icing sugar into a small saucepan and whisk over a low heat until smooth and combined. Take off heat and leave for 10 mins. Drizzle each biscuit with as much or little topping as you like and sprinkle with hundreds and thousands as you go.