Wholemeal short pastry biscuits with chocolate and dried fruit

Name: Wholemeal short pastry biscuits with chocolate and dried fruit
Cook time: 1 h 30 min
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 70
Ingredients: 125 g Sugar; 250 g Butter; 1 pinch Salt; 375 g Wholemeal wheat flour; 1 TEASPOON ground cinnamon; 1 egg (size M); 25 g Dark chocolate; 35 dried apricots; 7-10 Tbsp Flour; 7-10 Tbsp Cling film; baking paper

AUTHOR
Leta Marks

DIFFICULTY
very easy

RATING

COOK TIME
90 mins

TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 70

125 g Sugar
250 g Butter
1 pinch Salt
375 g Wholemeal wheat flour
1 TEASPOON ground cinnamon
1 egg (size M)
25 g Dark chocolate
35 dried apricots
7-10 Tbsp Flour
7-10 Tbsp Cling film
baking paper

Directions

1
Put sugar, butter in flakes, salt, flour, cinnamon and egg in a bowl. Knead first with the dough hooks of the hand mixer, then with your hands to a smooth shortcrust pastry. Wrap the dough in foil and chill for about 30 minutes.
2
Roll out the dough one after the other in several portions on a floured work surface to a thickness of about 0.5 cm. Cut out stars and hearts (approx. 6 cm Ø). Knead the rest of the dough with the next portion again and again.
3
Place on 3 baking trays lined with baking paper. Bake in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ convection oven: 150 °C/ gas: see manufacturer) one after the other for 10-12 minutes. Remove and let cool on a cake rack.
4
Chop the chocolate and melt over a warm water bath. Halve the apricots and cut a heart or star (approx. 1.5 cm Ø) out of each half. Put chocolate with the help of a spoon on the biscuits in stripes.
5
Place 1 apricot star or heart per cookie in the middle. Place the biscuits in a cool place for about 30 minutes until the chocolate is firm.