Name: Chocolate Paddington Bears
Total time: 10 min
Yield: Makes: 8–10 biscuits
Ingredients: 2 tbs cocoa; 90 g / 3 oz butter; 2 tbs hot water; 150 g / 5 oz light muscovado sugar; 1 egg; 175 g / 6 oz plain flour; 150 g / 5 oz plain dessert chocolate; 2 tbs orange jelly marmalade; 60 g / 2 oz icing sugar; 1–2 tsp hot water

Preparation info

Makes:
8–10
biscuits

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
10 min

Appears in

Cakes

By Geraldene Holt

Published 2011

About

Paddington Bear cookie cutters can sometimes be found in kitchenware shops. But, if need be, trace the shape from a Paddington book to make a cardboard template. The chocolate icing incorporates the famous bear’s favourite food – marmalade.

Ingredients

2 tbs cocoa
2 tbs hot water
90 g /

Method

Blend the cocoa with the hot water in a bowl then add the butter, in pieces, and the sugar. Beat together until smooth. Mix in the egg and the flour until you have a stiff dough that can be shaped into a ball.

Roll out the dough on a floured board until 5 mm /

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