Snail Biscuits Recipe at MyDish

Snail Biscuits

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Method

  • Beat the butter and sugar until light and creamy. Lightly whisk the egg with a fork in a cup, then add to the creamed butter and sugar, and beat well.

  • Spoon half the mixture into another bowl. Sift 70 g flour and the cocoa into one bowl and mix until well combined. Sift the remaining 100 g flour into the other bowl and add the vanilla extract. Mix until well combined. Bring each batch together into a ball of dough, wrap each one in cling film, flatten slightly and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

  • Between two sheets of cling film or baking paper, roll out each dough into a rectangle approx. 30 x 15cm. Place one on top of the other, trim to a neat rectangle and roll from the long edge into a log shape. Roll any trimmings into balls approx. the size of a walnut, to make marbled cookies. Wrap in some of the cling film or baking paper and chill in the fridge for at least 30 minutes, or the freezer for 5-10 minutes.

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C. Line one or more baking tray(s) with baking paper.

  • Cut the log into slices approx. 1cm thick. If they are a little flat on one side from the slicing, re-shape into a round and lay them on the tray(s), spaced about 5 cm apart. If you are making marbled cookies from the spare dough, place the balls on a lined baking tray also, and flatten slightly. You can cook all the cookies together, on a number of trays, or in batches, or keep the log in the fridge for a few days (or the freezer for up to a month) and slice and bake when needed.

  • Bake for 10 – 12 minutes, then leave on the tray(s) for 5 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely. If baking from frozen, they will need about 5 minutes longer in the oven.

    • Tips

    • Variations:
      For chocolate orange and vanilla biscuits, add the zest of 1 small orange to the chocolate dough.
      For mint chocolate biscuits, replace the vanilla extract with mint extract. (Optional - colour the mint dough green with a little food colouring).

      For giant snails, roll up along the shorter edge and just put 2 on each baking tray.

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    Ingredients

    • 150 g Unsalted butter (softened)
    • 150 g Caster sugar (normal or golden)
    • 1  Egg
    • 170 g Plain flour
    • 30 g Cocoa powder
    • 1 tsp Vanilla extract

    By Views 250  Added Mon Sep 24 2012


    Tasty chocolate and vanilla biscuits, more interesting than plain ones, but easy to do. A slice and bake biscuit - you can keep the dough in the fridge and bake on demand.


     

    I make a lot of different biscuits and cookies and like coming up with new ideas or variations of things I have seen. I made these quite a lot when at school and recently saw some similar ones online which reminded me to dig out my recipe and give th Read More