Bourbon Biscuits - Homemade (Eggless)

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Recipe:

    Cuisine: International
    Category: Cookies
    Preparation Time: 10 minutes
    Bake Time: 15 minutes
    Serving Size: 15 biscuits
    Author: Bhumika Joshi

Ingredients:

• Ingredients for biscuit dough
• 1 1/2 Cup All Purpose Flour (190 grams)
• 3/4 Cup Powdered Sugar (100 grams)
• 4 tbsp Cocoa Powder (35 grams)
• 1/2 Cup Unsalted Butter (room temperature) (100 grams)
• 1 tbsp Corn starch/flour
• 1/8 tsp Salt
• 1 1/4 tsp Baking powder
• 1 tsp Vanilla Essence
• 3-4 tbsp milk
• Sugar crystals as required
• Ingredients for cream
• 1/4 Cup Unsalted Butter (50 grams)
• 3/4 Cup Powdered Sugar (100 grams)
• 4 tbsp Cocoa Powder (35 grams)
• Milk if required

Method:

• Method for dough
• Take a bowl and whisk the butter and sugar for 2-3 minutes till the mixture turns pale.
• Now add the vanilla essence and whisk.
• Place a sieve on the bowl and add flour, cocoa powder, baking powder & salt and sift.
• With the help of a spatula bring together all the ingredients. Now using your hands combine the ingredients by adding milk 1 tbsp at a time to forma dough. Do not knead.
• Place the dough ball between two parchment paper or cling film and roll it to 3-4 mm thickness.
• Cut the sides to make a rectangle or square.
• Using a scale/ruler make 6 cm X 2.5 cm rectangular cuts in the rolled dough.
• Now using a toothpick make holes like the bourbon biscuits.
• Sprinkle sugar crystals and press them gently with your hand.
• Place this dough sheet in the refrigerator for 15 minutes.
• Preheat the oven at 170 C .
• Take out the dough from refrigerator and gently lift the biscuits and place them one by one on the baking tray lined with parchment paper.
• Keep a distance of 1 inch between biscuits.
• Bake for 15 minutes.
• Take the biscuits out and let them sit on the baking tray for 5 minutes.
• Gently lift them one by one and place them on the wired rack for cooling.
• Method for cream
• Take butter, sugar and cocoa powder in a bowl and combine them well.
• Put the prepared cream in a zip lock bag or polybag and cut the corner for the cream to flow out easily.
• Assembling
• Once cooled take 1 biscuit and pipe the cream on it and place another biscuit on it like a sandwich.
• Your tasty homemade bourbon biscuits are ready to eat.

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Happy Baking!