Spiced chocolate dipped shortbread

Spiced chocolate dipped shortbread
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These shortbread fingers are a great treat with a cuppa that's delicious with or without the chocolate dip!

  • Prep time: 20 mins

  • Cooking time: 15 mins

    (may need an extra couple of mins)

  • Makes: 24

Ingredients

  • 2 x 125g (5oz) butter
  • 2 x 55g (2oz) icing sugar
  • 2 x 1tsp mixed spice or cinnamon
  • 160g (5½oz) plain flour
  • 15g (1oz) Fairtrade cocoa powder
  • 175g (6oz) plain flour
  • Caster sugar, for dusting
  • 115g (4oz) Fairtrade dark chocolate
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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180ºC, 350ºF, Gas Mark 4. Line an 18cm x 28cm (8"x 11") tin with baking parchment.
  2. Place one quantity of butter and sugar into a large bowl and cream together with 1tsp spice. Sift in 160g (5½oz) plain flour and the cocoa. Work the flour mixture into the butter and sugar with your fingers to form a soft dough. Repeat this method with the remaining set of butter, sugar, spice and175g (6oz) plain flour.
  3. Roll out each dough on a floured surface to fill one half of each end of the prepared tin. Score the shortbread into fingers with a knife.
  4. Bake for 15-17 minutes or until the plain side is pale golden. Leave to cool slightly, then cut through where the shortbread has been scored and gently transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Dust with caster sugar.
  5. Melt the chocolate and dip each finger into the chocolate on one end to coat.

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Nutritional information

Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.

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