Chocolate vanilla fingers

These mouth watering buttery biscuits are perfect with a cuppa tea.  When I make these, they don’t last very long.

Chocolate vanilla fingers

Cook Time 20 minutes
Cooling and setting 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Course Biscuits
Servings 20 biscuits

Ingredients
  

  • 100 g unsalted butter
  • 25 g icing sugar
  • 100 g plain flour
  • ¼ tsp baking powder
  • ½ tsp vanilla essence
  • 75 g milk chocolate, melted

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 190ºc / 375ºf / Gas 5.  Line 2 trays with baking paper.
  • Beat the butter until smooth, then stir in the icing sugar until mixture is pale and fluffy.
  • Add the flour, baking powder and combine.  Add in the vanilla essence and beat well.
  • Spoon the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a medium star nozzle.  Pipe out onto each baking sheet, spacing well apart to allow for spreading during cooking.  Bake for 10-12 minutes until pale golden.
  • Leave to set for around 5 mins, then use a palette knife to transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool completely. 
  • In the meantime, melt the chocolate over pan of hot water.  Once melted, dip the ends of each biscuit into the melted chocolate, then place back on a wire rack to set.  Then serve with a cuppa tea.

Top tip

  • The dough may seem stiff but don't add any liquid to soften, as this will make the dough heavier