Bourbon Biscuits Recipes

Steps:

• Beat the butter and sugar together until creamy, then mix in the rest of the ingredients. Add a splash of milk if the mixture looks a bit dry - it should come together as a dough.
• Line three baking sheets, dust lightly with flour, then roll and pat one-third of the dough out to the thickness of a £1 coin on each. Cover and freeze for 15 mins.
• Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Slide the dough off the trays and put a new piece of parchment on each. Trim the edges of the dough to straighten, then cut into rectangles, roughly 6 x 3cm. Lift each one carefully onto the tray, leaving some space between them as they'll expand. Bourbons usually have a pricked pattern, so use a cocktail stick to do this if you want (not too many or they'll break up). Put the dough back in the freezer if it gets too soft.
• Bake for 8-10 mins, then leave to cool on the sheet as the biscuits will be soft when they're hot. Sprinkle over some sugar. Will keep for a week in an airtight container.
• Meanwhile, make the filling. Beat the butter and icing sugar together, then divide the mixture into three. Add the cocoa to one lot, a dot of pink colour to another, and leave the last one plain (add a little more icing sugar if you need to). Spoon each into a piping bag or a sandwich bag with the corner snipped off.
• When the biscuits have cooled completely, pipe the icings onto half of them, then sandwich together with the other halves. Leave to set.

Steps:

• Sift together flour, baking powder and cocoa.
• Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy and beat in syrup.
• Stir in half of the flour mixture.
• Turn dough on to working surface and knead in remaining flour mixture.
• Roll out to 1/4 inch thickness.
• Sprinkle top with granulated sugar and press in with rolling pin.
• Cut dough into neat fingers (approx. 1 x 2 1/2 inches).
• Lift on to greased baking sheet.
• Prick each biscuit 2 or 3 times with a fork.
• Bake at 325oF/160oC/gas mark 3 for 15-20 minutes.
• Cool.
• Beat all remaining ingredients for filling together.
• Sandwich biscuits together in pairs.