The Easiest Chocolate Biscuits 😍
I realised I was down to my last egg, just as I promised my toddler a cake baking session 🫣 – so decided to pivot and make these absolutely delicious biscuits for Easter (although they’ll be just as tasty all year round!), and I just had to share the recipe with you!
These are also dairy and soya free, so perfect for your CMPA kiddos!
Ingredients:
🍫28 grams cocoa powder (to make sure it’s not too dark-chocolatey!)
🌸380 grams plain flour
🥄200 grams light golden sugar
🍦big splash of vanilla extract
🥚1 large egg
Instructions
Set your oven to 180 degrees fan.
Make sure your margarine has softened slightly – I used the tub version, but it might be even better using the block! You could use dairy butter too.
Mix the margarine, sugar and vanilla essence together until the mixture is light and fluffy, and then mix in the egg.
My margarine was pretty soft, so it was easy to mix the egg in, making sure it is all combined, then mix the cocoa powder and flour, until it’s too hard to stir, then combine it with your hands until it’s a dough.
If the mixture is a bit too loose, pop it in the fridge for a couple of minutes to try to solidify, or add a small bit extra of flour.
Roll the biscuits out to a thickness somewhere like a £2 coin and use cutters, play dough toys or cutlery to make the shapes you want.
Place onto a greaseproof sheet on the baking tray and pop in the oven for 8-10 minutes – 9 minutes was the sweet spot.
How to make it a toddler friendly activity?
Cracking the egg, mixing, rolling and using the cutters are such good opportunities for the toddler to get involved, even if it means stopping him from taking handfuls of margarine & sugar to eat 😂
We have a toddler learning tower that we’ve used since about 12 months old and it’s been so useful for all our mess making in the kitchen!
Making this recipe, I didn’t quite have my eyes on him at all times, so we ended up with a bit more flour everywhere as he decided to ‘explore’ the packet 🫣
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