Deliciously easy, melt-in-the-mouth cookies, these Easy Chocolate Christmas Biscuits are the perfect Christmas treat. They make great homemade Christmas presents and are super simple to make – so a great recipe to make with kids!
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Your favourite Christmas biscuits – the chocolate version!
Every Christmas without fail, my Easy Peasy Christmas Star Biscuits are one of the most popular recipes on Easy Peasy Foodie. It seems you guys can’t get enough of their melt-in-the-mouth texture and delicious Christmas flavour!
Well, this year I decided it was time to create a chocolate version…
And I am pleased to report that these Easy Chocolate Christmas Biscuits are just as delicious… and just as christmassy!
I’ve put cocoa powder in, and taken the spices out, but otherwise I have kept the recipe exactly the same.
Perfect if you prefer chocolate to spice… or why not make a batch of both this Christmas time?
How to make Easy Chocolate Christmas Biscuits
These chocolate Christmas biscuits are so easy to make!
All you need to do is mix flour and cocoa in a large mixing bowl then ‘rub in’ the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and the beaten egg and stir again. Gradually the mixture should start to come together as a dough.
Sprinkle your work surface with a little flour and roll out the biscuit dough. Using a selection of Christmas-themed cookie cutters, cut out your Christmas shapes and gently lay them on a prepared baking tray.
Bake in a preheated oven for 5-10 minutes, then place them on a wire rack to cool. While still warm, dust lightly with icing sugar.
(Full recipe given in the recipe card below.)
Perfect for making with kids
These biscuits are a great option for making with kids! When my kids were younger they needed a little help rolling the mixture out and getting the shapes into the tray… and of course putting them in the oven and taking them out again, but by the time they were about 10 years old they could pretty much make these biscuits all by themselves!
Ideal for packed lunches and homemade gifts!
Not only are these easy Christmas Chocolate Biscuits the perfect Christmas holiday baking project for kids, they also make a Christmas lunchbox option. (You could pop a couple them in your child’s lunchbox as a surprise treat.)
And they also make great gifts. Simply wrap a few up in cellophane and tie with gold ribbon for an easy peasy homemade Christmas present.
Want more homemade Christmas gift ideas?
Try these:
- Easy Peasy Christmas Star Biscuits
- Easy Christmas Rocky Road
- Christmas Tree Brownies
- Easy Mincemeat Brownies
- Easy Mincemeat Crumble Bars
- Small Round Christmas Cake (6 Inch Tin)
Christmas Rocky Road
How many biscuits does this recipe make?
I can’t give you an exact quantity of biscuits this makes as it varies depending on the size of cutter you use. I use a mixture of different cutter sizes and this usually produces between 30 and 40 biscuits.
A word of warning…
Do be careful not to let these biscuits burn – they cook VERY quickly and will burn easily if you don’t get them out of the oven as soon as they are cooked. When they are cooked, they will be just slightly darker round the edges and they will be slightly soft in the middle, but will crisp up as they cool down.
I start checking if the biscuits are done after about 5 minutes. I usually find they take about 7-8 minutes, but the bigger ones can take up to 15. If in doubt get them out. You can always pop them back in if you decide they are not quite done but you can’t un-burn them!
How to store Chocolate Christmas Biscuits
Once the biscuits have cooled completely, they should be stored in an airtight container (for example a biscuit tin or a cake tin) where they will keep for about a week.
Can you freeze Chocolate Christmas Biscuits
No, these Chocolate Christmas Biscuits do not freeze well.
(But you CAN freeze the un-cooked biscuit dough if you want to!)
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Easy Chocolate Christmas Biscuits
Ingredients
- 200 g self raising flour (US - self rising flour) (plus extra for rolling out)
- 50 g cocoa
- 125 g cold butter cut into 1cm (½inch) cubes (plus extra for greasing)
- 125 g caster sugar
- 1 egg beaten
- Icing sugar for dusting optional
Instructions
- Grease 2 large baking sheets with a thin layer of butter. Preheat your oven to 200C / 180C fan / gas mark 6 / 400F.
- Place the flour and cocoa in a large mixing bowl and mix together thoroughly (you can sieve it if you like, but I never bother)
- Add the cubes of cold butter, then rub the butter and flour/cocoa mixture between your fingers (as if you are trying to rub the flour/cocoa into the butter) until it resembles breadcrumbs.
- Add the sugar and stir in thoroughly to combine. Then add the beaten egg and stir again. Gradually the mixture should start to come together as a dough.
- As soon as your biscuit mixture starts coming together, use your hands to squish it together into a ball. (If it doesn’t all stick together, add a tiny bit of water to help it come together. Don’t add too much, though!)
- Sprinkle your work surface with a little flour and pop your ball of biscuit dough on top. Sprinkle some more flour on top of your dough, then roll out the biscuit dough to a thickness of about 5mm / ¼inch (it doesn’t have to be perfect – no need to get your ruler out!)
- Using a selection of Christmas themed cutters, cut out your Christmas shapes and gently lay them on the prepared baking tray. Be sure to spread them out a bit as they will grow a little in the oven.
- When you have got as many stars out of the biscuit dough as possible, squish the mixture back together, shape into a ball again and then roll out again. You should find you can get a few more stars out of the re-rolled dough. Keep squishing and rerolling until you have run out of biscuit dough.
- Put the biscuits in your preheated oven for 5-10 minutes, until the biscuits are just a tiny little bit darker round the edges. Start checking after 5 minutes and if in doubt get them out! They can always be popped back in if they are not done enough.
- When your biscuits are cooked, place them on a wire rack to cool. While they are still warm dust lightly with icing sugar.
- They can be eaten warm or cold. When they are completely cool they can be stored in a biscuit tin or other airtight container, where they will keep for about a week.
Notes
- The length of time these biscuits take to cook varies enormously, depending on the size and thickness of your shapes. They are ready when they start to get just a tiny little bit darker round the edges. They will still be a little soft when you get them out of the oven, but will harden as they cool. If in doubt, take them out of the oven! You can always pop them back in if they are not done enough!
- Not suitable for freezing.
- Nutrition information is approximate and meant as a guideline only.
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