Nigella Lawson

Granny Boyd’s Biscuits

Preparation info
  • Makes about

    35

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

#48How to be a Domestic Goddess
How to be a Domestic Goddess

By Nigella Lawson

Published 1998

  • About

The recipe for these biscuits was given to me, at my insistent request, by my editor, Eugenie Boyd. I don’t think there is a more chic accompaniment to a tub of good vanilla ice cream: they’re sturdy – in shape and form like Bendick’s Bittermints – dark, smoky and melting.

Ingredients

  • 300 g self-raising flour
  • 30 g cocoa powder
  • 250 g

Method

Preheat the oven to 170°C/gas mark 3.

Sieve together the flour and cocoa, and set aside for a moment. Cream the butter and sugar until pale and soft, then work in the flour and cocoa. It might look like it needs liquid, but keep working the ingredients in and it will form a dou