Home made Bourbon Biscuits! – Jane’s Patisserie

Scrumptious do-it-yourself bourbon biscuits with a chocolate buttercream filling… a vintage biscuit, that you’ll make your self at house! 

Sure, that’s proper…. HOMEMADE BOURBON BISCUITS. I do know, you’re welcome, you’ll all forestall soliciting for this recipe now as I’ve responded your chocolatey biscuit prayers. 

Vintage biscuits

So I’m a sucker for having a biscuit with my cup of tea, and even about 10 biscuits with a cup of tea. Are you a dunker?! I for sure am. I need some distance too many biscuits at the day by day, and It’s not that i am going to lie, the vintage biscuits are my favorite. 

I wrote my do-it-yourself Jammie dodger recipe see you later in the past, but it surely’s 100% nonetheless one in all my favorite recipes on my weblog as it’s simply THAT just right. Then again, I knew I had to do extra vintage bakes as a result of to be truthful they only can’t be crushed. 

I’ve carried out a couple of different vintage biscuits reminiscent of my do-it-yourself birthday party rings and custard lotions (learn beneath) in my 3rd guide, however I knew I wished a do-it-yourself chocolatey theme biscuit for my weblog… so right here you pass. 

Custard lotions

Soooo… once I launched my 3rd guide, Jane’s Patisserie On a regular basis, I by no means concept the most well liked recipe BY FAR would had been the custard cream recipe. I imply, I completely adore this recipe, but it surely wasn’t what I had eyeballed for primary. Both means, it used to be sensible. 

This hilariously additionally resulted in the biscuit cutters being bought out EVERYWHERE and in truth, I couldn’t stay alongside of the questions of the place to get them. I purposely hadn’t used them within the guide to make the recipe just a little extra available, however you all sought after the biscuit development.  This additionally resulted in the query of, the place is the bourbon biscuit recipe?!

But additionally, if you need the unique and easiest each custard cream recipe, ensure to take a look at my 3rd guide Jane’s Patisserie On a regular basis. 

The biscuit dough

With regards to the biscuit dough for a biscuit like this, it’s somewhat shortbread like. I sought after to stay the biscuit to a relatively buttery however ‘quick’ and crumbly biscuit, as that’s how I feel they will have to be. 

• Butter – for the most efficient biscuit, and to forestall any spreading, I do suppose it’s easiest to make use of block butter in those biscuits
• Sugar –  I used caster sugar because it’s classically what you can use in shortbread, and it’s simple to shop for
• Flour – undeniable flour is tremendous vital to make use of so that you’ve the fitting texture on your bake
• Cocoa – I used 100% cocoa powder as I like how chocolate they’re however any paintings. Sizzling chocolate powder will have to be have shyed away from 
• Vanilla – just a little sweetness is what I would like
• Milk – I used full-fat milk to lend a hand bind the dough, however you’ll use a dairy loose selection if you happen to don’t drink milk 

The filling

For the filling, I sought after to make use of a very simple buttercream as the interior of a bourbon biscuit from the store is a relatively candy ever so relatively chocolate flavour form of ‘creme’ and a buttercream appeared to exchange this somewhat smartly for being do-it-yourself. 

I can say, I love a wholesome quantity of filling in my biscuits, so please don’t be alarmed. You’ll be able to make much less, freeze any leftovers, or use simply up to I do! 

• Butter – Once more, I have a tendency to counsel block butter for any form of frosting because it’s simply the most efficient. 
• Sugar – icing sugar for this, similar to any American buttercream frosting 
• Cocoa – similar as above, I exploit 100% cocoa powder to make it tremendous chocolatey, however any paintings.
• Vanilla – not obligatory, however scrumptious 
• Milk – similar as above as smartly. Then again, if you need them to ultimate higher, you’ll use boiling water instead of the milk. Top summer season you won’t want any as frostings have a tendency to be softer naturally. 

The biscuit cutter

THE CULT BISCUIT CUTTERS are discovered right here… However significantly, those are those I used. Most sensible tip, they’re the very best dimension and while different biscuit cutters are to be had, they could also be relatively in a different way sized so lead to a special amount of biscuits. 

Then again, if you happen to don’t wish to use the biscuit cutters, you’ll use an oblong cutter as a substitute. I exploit a medium sized rectangle cutter, about 5cmx2.5cm in dimension. They are going to be identical and to the task simply as smartly if you happen to don’t wish to spend as a lot on a cutter. 

Pointers & Methods 

Biscuit dough

• 200 g unsalted butter (room temp)
• 100 g caster sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 285 g undeniable flour (plus additional for dusting)
• 75 g cocoa powder
• 2-4 tbsp milk

Filling

• 150 g unsalted butter (room temp)
• 275 g icing sugar
• 25 g cocoa powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2-4 tbsp milk

• Upload the unsalted butter and sugar to a bowl and blend

• Upload the vanilla, flour and cocoa powder and begin to beat in combination, including the milk slowly in order that the dough combines 

• Wrap the dough and relax for half-hour 

• Preheat the oven to 180ºc/160ºfan and line 2-3 massive trays with paper

• Flippantly flour the paintings floor

• Roll the dough out into a big rectangle, till the dough is ready 1/2cm thick. 

• Reduce the dough into biscuits 

• Sparsely position every biscuit onto the coated trays, spaced aside relatively. 

• Bake the cookies within the oven for 10-11 mins 

• Take away from the oven and go away to chill. 

Filling

• Upload the butter to a big bowl, and beat 

• Upload the icing sugar and cocoa powder and beat once more. 

• Upload the vanilla, and 1 tbsp of complete milk at a time till you achieve a clean and pipeable consistency. 

• On part of the biscuits, pipe a small quantity of buttercream

ENJOY!

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