This is one of my favourite biscuit recipes. The biscuits are light and crispy, and very, very moorish. It's hard to go past the flavour combination of dark chocolate and orange. The dough will keep in the fridge for up to two weeks, before baking, and can even be frozen, once it has been formed into logs.
I have made this in my Thermochef, but have given suggestions for a Thermomix.
This recipe makes about 60 biscuits, depending on how thinly you slice them.
Chocolate Orange Refrigerator Biscuits
Ingredients:
75g dark chocolate, broken into squares
175g raw sugar
Zest of 2 oranges
150g butter, softened
175g plain flour
2 teaspoons baking powder
1 tablespoon orange juice
Method:
1. Put chocolate into the bowl and grate on speed 7 (TMX Speed 6). Remove from bowl and set aside.
2. Put sugar and orange zest into the bowl and blitz on speed 8 (TMX Speed 7) for 5 seconds.
3. Add butter, and cream together on speed 3 (TMX Speed 4) for 3 minutes.
4. Add grated chocolate, flour, baking powder, and orange juice to the bowl and knead (TMX Interval setting) for 15 seconds. Scrape down and knead for another 15 seconds.
5. Turn out onto a pastry mat, and divide into two balls. Roll each ball into a log about 5 cm thick and 15-20cm long. Wrap in greaseproof paper, and twist the ends.
6. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours, and up to 2 weeks.
7. Cut into slices about 3mm thick, and place on lined baking trays, leaving room for spreading.
8. Bake at ,180C for 12-15 minutes, until the biscuits just start to colour.
9. Remove from oven and let sit for 5 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack, as they will harden as they cool.
10. Try not to eat them all in one sitting
members' commentsAmy - Mmm, these smelled amazing and Mum said they tasted pretty darn good too!
maddy - These taste as good as they smell.
Uni - DH didn't like the look of these, he ate one, 'oh these are nice thanks love'. I only made 5, I didn't refrigerate the dough before baking.
Wonder - Made this dough last night and it was very soft, I needed to add a little more flour when trying to roll them. Refrigerated overnight and cooked today, Mum, Dad and DH thought they were lovely but the kids didn't like them and I don't eat biscuits. The smell was divine.
SuzieG - Mine was soft too Wonder which made it a bit messy. I just roughly shaped with spatula and then plonked on baking paper and shaped it into a log from there. Out of the oven, house smells divine, have eaten one YUMMY!! Will sneak a couple more once the little people are in bed! Great recipe thank you will be making again.
CP - These are really nice ES. You are very talented indeed.
Amy - My dough wasn't soft at all. But maybe that was because I doubled the ingredients.
matmob - I have just made a batch of dough and put in fridge overnight. I also found the dough very soft and sticky, had to end up using quite a bit of flour on the mat to be able to deal with it - hope this doesn't affect the final result. Will post again after they are made. I also grated the chocolate for a bit too long - the recipe doesn't say how long to grate??
TAT - these biscuits are light, crispy and incredibly moorish. Gorgeous! Best of all, I love that I can freeze the dough or keep it in the fridge whenever I need to make some cookies quick. Great recipe. Thanks!
phatassphairy - made a batch of this today ..... have them in the fridge .... and I will bake them for the kids afternoon tea tomorrow .
Smell so yummy already .... I hope that nice orange smell wafts through the house while cooking.
