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Chocolate dodgers

Chocolate dodgers are a delicious take on the classic jammie dodger – filled with Nutella, they're perfect for any chocolate lover in your house.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings: 24 biscuits (approx)
Course: Afternoon tea
Cuisine: British
Calories: 105
Ingredients Equipment Method Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 80 g (⅓ cup) caster sugar
  • 160 g (⅔ cup) unsalted butter, softened
  • 240 g (2 cups) plain / all-purpose flour
  • 2 tablespoons approx Nutella

Equipment

  • Digital scales
  • Freestanding mixer
  • Mixing bowl
  • Measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • Rolling pin
  • cutters
  • Wire rack

Method
 

  1. Preheat your oven to 180C / 170C Fan / 350F and line 2 or 3 baking trays with baking or parchment paper.
Mix the butter and sugar together
  1. Measure out the sugar and butter and pop them in a large mixing bowl or free-standing mixer. If your butter isn’t soft, pop it in the microwave for a few seconds before adding to your bowl otherwise it will be too hard to mix well.
  2. Use some wooden spoons, a hand held mixer or the k-paddle of your free-standing mixer, and beat the sugar and butter until they are well mixed together.
Make the biscuit dough
  1. Measure the flour and add it to your mixing bowl.
  2. Mix the flour in until it is thoroughly mixed and a dough starts to form. You could start using your spoons for this and finish off bringing it together with your hands.
    Tip your mixture out on to your work surface. Knead it together until it forms a ball. Then chill it in the fridge for 15 minutes.
Make the biscuits
  1. Sprinkle your work-surface with a little bit of flour and roll your dough out so it is about 3-5mm thick.
    When you're rolling it out, rotate it 90 degrees after every few rolls so that it rolls out nice and evenly and doesn’t stick to your work surface.
  2. Using a round (or any shape you have chosen) cutter, cut out biscuits and pop them on your prepared baking trays. Using a smaller cutter cut out the centre of half of your biscuits.
    Re-roll the scraps and cut out more biscuits until you’ve used all your dough. Put your trays of biscuits in the fridge to chill for 10 minutes or so.
Bake your biscuits
  1. Pop your biscuits in the oven for around 15 minutes. They’re done when they are turning golden brown.
    The biscuits with cut outs will bake a little bit faster so you might need to remove them from the oven a little sooner.
  2. Remove the biscuits from the oven and leave them to cool on the trays for a few minutes before moving them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Make the chocolate dodgers
  1. Spoon a little (about 2 tablespoons) of Nutella, into a dish or pan and either warm in the microwave or on the cooker until has softened a little. This will make it a lot easier to spread on to your biscuits.
  2. Spread the chocolate on to the top of each ‘full’ biscuit with a teaspoon. Then make a sandwich by placing the 'cut out' biscuit on top.
  3. Leave the biscuits to set. Serve and enjoy!

Notes

If possible, put the cut out biscuits on one tray and the full biscuits on another as they cook at slightly different rates.