Brownie spider biscuits with liquorice
Lemon-iced shortbread topped with soft chocolate brownie spiders and liquorice legs.
Active time1 h
Cooking13 min
Total2 h 30 minResting : 1 h
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Ingredients
- 2 lemons
- 100 g unsalted butter
- 150 g plain flour
- 1 packet of dark chocolate cake glaze
- 4 tbsp orange juice
- 1 pinch of baking powder
- 18 sugar eyes
- 1 pinch of fine salt
- 50 g caster sugar
- 200 g icing sugar
- 1 packet of vanilla sugar
- 8 small shop-bought plain brownies
- 3 liquorice wheels
- 1 tube of black writing icing
Preparation
Mix flour, baking powder, sugar, vanilla sugar and salt. Work in the butter to form a dough. Flatten and chill for 30 min.
100 g unsalted butter150 g plain flour1 pinch of baking powder1 pinch of fine salt50 g caster sugar1 packet of vanilla sugar- mixing bowl
- electric mixer
Heat the oven to 200 °C. Roll the dough 5 mm thick between two sheets of baking paper. Cut 8 cm rounds and place on a lined tray. Bake for 13 min until lightly golden at the edges. Cool on a rack.
- oven
- baking tray
- baking paper
- rolling pin
- 8 cm round cutter
- wire rack
Crumble the brownies and mix with the orange juice to form a cohesive dough. Shape half-balls to sit on the biscuits. Melt the chocolate glaze as directed on the packet and coat them.
1 packet of dark chocolate cake glaze4 tbsp orange juice8 small shop-bought plain brownies- mixing bowl
- spoon
- saucepan
Squeeze the lemons to obtain 30 ml of juice and mix with the icing sugar. Spread over the biscuits. Pipe black icing circles and drag a skewer outwards through them to make webs. Add the brownie half-balls. Unroll and cut liquorice for the legs. Attach the sugar eyes and let the icing set.
2 lemons18 sugar eyes200 g icing sugar3 liquorice wheels1 tube of black writing icing- mixing bowl
- citrus juicer
- spoon
- wooden skewer
- knife
Allergens
- Gluten
- Milk
Composition to check for: Celery, Crustaceans, Eggs, Fish, Lupin, Molluscs, Mustard, Tree nuts, Peanuts, Sesame, Soy, Sulphites.
Sources and credits
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