Chocolate Orange Ginger Biscuits
Servings 15 small biscuits
Ingredients
- 75 g butter softened
- 50 g golden granulated sugar (or golden caster sugar)
- 125 g rice flour (or plain flour)
- 25 g cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ⅓ tsp salt
- 1 orange
- ½ inch ginger
- 1 tbsp icing sugar
- 2-3 drops orange extract (optional)
Instructions
- Beat the butter and sugar together until well combined.
- Grate the ginger and the rind of the orange. Add to the butter and sugar, along with the flour, cocoa, salt, baking powder, and orange extract. Mix together with a spatula until a dough forms.
- Roll the dough into a long sausage shape, around 5cm in diameter. Cover in cling film and leave in the fridge for 30 minutes, or the freezer for 15.
- While the dough chills, prepare the orange. Cut in half, and chop into thin slices. Then cut those slices in half to give you little mini triangles. Place the pieces onto some kitchen paper, and use some more paper to press down on the pieces to release the juices and dry them out a bit. While the dough chills, heat the oven to 190°C or 170°C fan.
- Once the dough has chilled, remove from the cling film and cut into circles of around 3 mm width with a sharp knife. Add to a baking tray lined with some baking paper, leaving room in between so they can spread a little.
- Press one orange piece into each biscuit. Sprinkle a little icing sugar onto each orange piece. Place in the oven and cook for 14-16 minutes. Remove from the oven. They will probably feel squishy, but leave them to harden for 10 minutes or so. Then enjoy!