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Homemade Chocolate Bourbon Biscuits

April 20, 2015 By Kerry Cooks 12 Comments

Have you tried Homemade Chocolate Bourbon Biscuits? SO much better than biscuits from a packet!

Have you tried Homemade Chocolate Bourbon Biscuits? SO much better than biscuits from a packet!

Have you tried Homemade Chocolate Bourbon Biscuits? SO much better than biscuits from a packet!

These Homemade Chocolate Bourbon Biscuits are about a million miles away from a chocolate bourbon from a packet! You won’t regret spending an hour or two making these.

I’d been longing to make homemade chocolate bourbon biscuits for a really long time and when I finally did, they were SO worth it! I’m a fan of shop bought bourbons in a pinch, and they are an astronomically better version of those. But then, isn’t everything homemade?

I can’t even describe how good these taste, but I’ll try – the flavour is intensely, meltingly chocolatey with more in common with a chocolate brownie in biscuit form that something from a packet! They’re delicious, crumbly and tender, and incredibly moreish (as in, very addictive!).

The biscuits are sandwiched together with a yummy chocolate buttercream, and where the biscuit meets the filling (and over a day or two) the two start to meld together into a delicious cakey interior. Amazing.

The biscuit dough mixture is incredibly easy to bring together – just butter, sugar, egg, flour, cocoa powder, corn flour, salt, golden syrup, and melted plain chocolate which is added at the end. I used my KitchenAid to make them, but as with all biscuits, it would be the work of moments to do it by hand too.

As with most biscuit / cookie doughs, you will need to chill this dough before you bake it. Simply tip the dough into a tupperware tub and tuck into the fridge for about an hour. You can also make the dough one day, and keep it in the fridge until you’re ready to use it – up to 72 hours later. I find this super useful for days when I have less time but I need to whip up something homemade!

The dough for these biscuits goes SO FAR in terms of the amount it makes, and is actually really economical – I always use value plain chocolate, which is normally 30p per 100g and the flavour is so good! I chose to make a mixture of smaller and giant bourbons, and you can choose any size at all to make. You also don’t need a specific cutter to cut these out (although you can get a bourbon cutter if you want to) – it’s very easy to roll out a large rectangle of dough and then use a knife or pizza cutter to cut out rectangles of dough.  Of course, you could also make them round, star shaped, or whatever you want.

A couple of key things before you make them:

  • Chill the dough for one hour, OR if you’re really impatient, 15 minutes in the freezer
  • Sieve the cocoa powder going into the biscuit batter, and the icing sugar and cocoa powder in the buttercream, otherwise there will be lumps
  • An offset spatula will come in handy, like this one
  • If you want a ‘proper’ bourbon, try this cutter

Homemade Chocolate Bourbon Biscuits
2015-04-15 18:02:04
Yields 20
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Cook Time
10 min
Cook Time
10 min
328 calories
43 g
37 g
17 g
4 g
11 g
78 g
228 g
20 g
1 g
5 g
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size
78g
Yields
20
Amount Per Serving
Calories 328
Calories from Fat 150
% Daily Value *
Total Fat 17g
26%
Saturated Fat 11g
53%
Trans Fat 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat 1g
Monounsaturated Fat 4g
Cholesterol 37mg
12%
Sodium 228mg
9%
Total Carbohydrates 43g
14%
Dietary Fiber 4g
14%
Sugars 20g
Protein 4g
Vitamin A
9%
Vitamin C
0%
Calcium
9%
Iron
12%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Ingredients
  1. 225g unsalted butter at room temperature
  2. 250g golden caster sugar (or caster, or light brown)
  3. 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste
  4. 2 tbsp golden syrup
  5. 350g self raising flour
  6. 125g cornflour
  7. 120g cocoa powder
  8. 4 tbsp milk - I used almond milk
  9. 100g melted plain chocolate
For the buttercream
  1. 2 tbsp cocoa powder
  2. 50g melted plain chocolate
  3. 2 tbsp milk or almond milk
  4. 115g unsalted butter
  5. 6 tbsp icing sugar
  6. 1 tbsp vanilla bean paste
Instructions
  1. See below for photos of rolling out of the biscuits!
  2. First, let's make the dough! In your stand mixer or a large bowl, combine the very soft unsalted butter with the golden caster sugar and beat vigorously for a couple of minutes until the mixture is light and airy. Next, add in the golden syrup and vanilla bean paste, as well as the melted chocolate. Mix slowly to combine. Finally, sift in the flour, corn flour and add the salt. Your dough will be pretty dry, so add enough almond milk (or water / regular milk) until you're happy with the consistency. Pop into the fridge and chill for a minimum of one hour or a maximum of 72 hours. If you want to make them right now, pop into the freezer for 20 minutes.
  3. Next, preheat your oven to 180c/gas 4/350f and prepare three large cookie baking sheets - I greased mine lightly with the butter packet, as these aren't very sticky biscuits.
  4. Clean off a large area of kitchen counter and sprinkle it liberally with flour. Begin by rolling out a third of your dough, continually moving it so that it doesn't stick to the counter. When it's about 3-4mm thick, use a cutter, pizza cutter or knife to cut out rectangles of dough, and use a flat knife to transfer them to a greased cookie sheet. Prick each one with a fork 2 or 3 times. The biscuits spread very little in the oven, so they only need to be a couple of centimetres apart. Bake for 10 minutes and keep an eye on the ones near the top of the oven and rotate if necessary - it's very easy for them to get burned.
  5. Remove from the oven - they'll cool very quickly and make the buttercream!
  6. For the buttercream: Beat together the very soft butter (almost melting) with the sifted icing sugar and cocoa powder. Stir in the vanilla bean paste and melted chocolate and mix thoroughly. Add a little almond milk (or regular milk, or water) if its looking a little thick, otherwise set aside.
  7. Pair up the biscuits based on their size-twins, and sandwich them together with the buttercream. An offset spatula is great if you've got one, otherwise a spoon or regular knife works fine!
  8. Store for up to 3 days in an airtight tin. They won't last that long.
Adapted from Sunday Baking
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calories
328
fat
17g
protein
4g
carbs
43g
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Adapted from Sunday Baking
Kerry Cooks https://kerrycooks.com/
 Have you tried Homemade Chocolate Bourbon Biscuits? SO much better than biscuits from a packet!

Have you tried Homemade Chocolate Bourbon Biscuits? SO much better than biscuits from a packet!

Homemade Chocolate Bourbon Biscuits

Have you tried Homemade Chocolate Bourbon Biscuits? SO much better than biscuits from a packet!

 I’ve entered my bourbons into CookBlogShare13 at Supergolden Bakes

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x Kerry

 

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  1. Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says

    April 23, 2015 at 2:48 pm

    WOW these sound so good! Chocolate and bourbon is where it’s at!

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  2. Angela / Only Crumbs Remain says

    April 21, 2015 at 3:14 pm

    I’ve not had a bourbon biscuit for many years- probably since mid teenage age years – They were one of my favourite alongside custard creams. Now, I can’t get the thought of them out of my head! I’m going to have to try making these! Angela x
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  3. Rachel Davis says

    April 20, 2015 at 8:21 pm

    Ooo Bourbon, hmmm, I’m not normally a fan… but, these look tasty! I reckon home baked ones must taste better than the generic ones πŸ™‚
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  4. Jacqueline Meldrum says

    April 20, 2015 at 1:51 pm

    Wow! I would love one just now, they look amazing. But I know it wouldn’t just be one *sigh*
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  5. Anita-Clare Field says

    April 20, 2015 at 11:58 am

    These look delicious. Never been a big fan of chocolate biscuits but I think these are would be a massive hit with the other people in our house.
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    • Kerry Cooks says

      April 20, 2015 at 12:06 pm

      Thank you Anita! The weird thing is they taste so chocolatey, they’re almost brownie like!

      Reply
  6. Munchies and munchkins says

    April 20, 2015 at 10:49 am

    Oh I love Bourbons. I used to like the giant versions in Costa. These look amazing.x
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    • Kerry Cooks says

      April 20, 2015 at 12:07 pm

      Thanks Becky! Giant anything is a hit with me too!

      Reply
  7. sarah says

    April 20, 2015 at 10:20 am

    ohh love bourbon biscuits! never tried homemade ones though. Love to give these a go.

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    • Kerry Cooks says

      April 20, 2015 at 12:08 pm

      Please do – they taste soooo good! I couldn’t believe the difference between shop bought and homemade and I actually do like shop bought bourbons!

      Reply
  8. Emma @ Supper in the Suburbs says

    April 20, 2015 at 7:26 am

    Mmmm I do love a Bourbon biscuit. They are one of my favourites. I’d love to give these a go! I never knew such thing as a Bourbon cutter existed. After all, they just rectangular like you say!!!

    Just as a heads up neither of the links to the spatula or the cookie cutter worked πŸ™

    Thanks for sharing these πŸ˜€
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    • Kerry Cooks says

      April 20, 2015 at 9:00 am

      Thanks for letting me know Emma! πŸ™‚

      Reply

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