Tech From Home-Invention Test

Yesterday Mrs Bennett gave us the task of an invention test which is often seen in Master Chef. You get given ingredients to cook with and have to make a dish out of it. Of course because none of us are professionals we were given 4 ingredients and had to pick two of them to include in the baking. These four ingredients were...

• Eggs
• Fruit
• Cheese
• Chocolate

I figured that most people would use the chocolate, so I set out to make something savoury using the cheese and eggs. But as I was going through my mothers recipe book in the savoury section, there was a misplaced recipe for swirly biscuits, which just so happened to use eggs and chocolate. Call it what you want, I call it fate. So of course my resolution to make something healthier got thrown out the window and died. Swirly biscuits have long been a favourite in my family, and my cousin is practically in love with them. But without a further a do here is the recipe I used and a picture of my creation...

Swirly Biscuits

Ingredients:

125g butter, softened

2/3 cup sugar

1 egg

1 tsp vanilla essence

1 1/2 cups flour

1/4 tsp baking powder

30g melted dark chocolate

1/2 tablespoon cocoa, sifted

Makes 20 biscuits

Method:

• Line 2 oven trays with baking paper.
• Cream the butter and sugar with an electric beater until the mixture is light and fluffy. Add the egg and beat well.
• Fold in the vanilla essence. Sift in the flour and baking powder and mix until a soft dough forms (add a little more flour if necessary).
• Divide the dough into 2 bowls. Add the melted chocolate and cocoa to one batch and mix well.
• Place the vanilla dough between 2 sheets of baking paper. Roll out to a rectangle about 20x22cm
• Roll out the chocolate dough between 2 sheets of baking paper until it's exactly the same size and shape as the vanilla dough.
• Lift the top layer of baking paper off both dough's and place the vanilla directly on top of the chocolate. Remove the top baking paper and, using the bottom piece, roll up the dough as firmly as possible into a log shape. Place in the freezer for an hour.
•   When you're ready to bake, preheat the oven to 180℃. Slice the dough into 1cm rounds and place them onto the prepared oven trays. Bake for about 15 minutes until firm. Leave to cool for 2-3 minutes before transferring onto a cooling rack.

Here is a photo of my biscuits...