Chocolate biscuits.

So guys i may be enjoying the holidays (including work) a little too much, that much i've not been on the blogging ball-all that nice weather, and days out, and nice food and just time to relax, i genuinely haven't relaxed like this since last August (there's always been some form of college work to worry about) so i'm making the most of it. Making the most of it by baking, there's just something about baking in the summer, whether that be baking with family or friends or even by myself... i'm loving a bit of baking right now. I'm loving it so much i've started my own cookbook/recipe scrapbook (maybe i just have to much time on my hands) but it counts as prep for living away from home. An addition to my recipe book is these chocolate biscuits:

The outcome



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 -Ingredients: .Self raising flour (225g) .Caster sugar (100g) .Coco powder (3tbsp) .Margarine (100g) .Milk (5tbsp) -Utensils: .Mixing bowl .wooden spoon .Weights .Measuring spoons .Oven .Baking tray .Rolling pin .Cutter -Instructions: .Heat oven to 190C/375F gas mark 5 .Grease 2 baking trays .Mix flour, caster sugar and the coco powder in a bowl and rub in margarine .Add the milk mixing it in well .Bring together using your hands and knead on a floured surface .Roll out the dough till it's not to thin not to thick, considering the size you want your biscuits and how many you want to make. .Cut with a cutter .Place onto the greased baking trays being careful to not put the biscutis to close together as this is self raising flour and the mixture will expand and you don't want them to get stuck together .Bake in oven for 8-12 minutes -Roughly this recipe makes 20-22 biscuits. It's optional to you if you add a topping such as icing you could use a chocolate glace icing and sprinkle some grated chocolate on top or you could add rasins or chocolate chips or even cherries into the mixture (i'm going to try cherries next time). If you like you could just keep them plain like mine and we can be plain janes together... If you do try this recipe out enjoy baking, Claire x Twitter@claire_spiers Instagram@_clairespiers Tumblr@clairespiers