Nutella Biscuits

It’s half term. It’s pouring with rain. I have a house full of children. It’s time to bake. Easy chocolate fork biscuits sandwiched together with Nutella (other chocolate hazelnut spreads will do) – no need to thank me.

Ingredients

125g softened butter

2 tbsps icing sugar

100g plain (all purpose) flour

2 tbsps cornflour

1 tbsp cocoa powder

Nutella

Method

• Preheat the oven to 180°C
• Grease two baking trays
• Beat the butter and icing sugar together until light and fluffy (I use my Kitchen Aid obviously – any excuse!)
• Sift the remaining dry ingredients and fold into the buttery sugary fluffiness to form a soft dough
• Take small walnut sized pieces of the dough, roll into balls and place on the baking trays (this makes about 20)
• Dip a fork into cold water and squash each ball until about 1cm thick
• Bake for about 10 minutes
• Cool on a wire rack
• Sandwich two biscuits together with a generous blob of Nutella
• Watch them vanish at speed
• Explain to your husband why there are none left for him and promise to make another batch tomorrow