Bourbon Biscuits
By: Nithya Praveen
Published: Tuesday, December 1, 2009 - 1:56pm

Ingredients




1 cup All Purpose Flour / Maida
1/2 cup Sugar
1/4 cup Butter
1/4 tsp Baking Soda
1 tsp Honey (optional)
1 teaspoon Baking Powder
3 teaspoons Cocoa
2 tsps Vanilla Essence
3 tablespoons Cold milk
For Filling (Butter icing)
1/4 cup Butter
1/2 cup Icing Sugar
1 teaspoon Cocoa
1-2 tablespoon bourbon

Preparation

1 Beat the butter and sugar till light and fluffy. 2 Add essence,honey and Baking Soda and blend well. 3 Sieve the Flour with Cocoa and baking powder. 4 Mix the Flour to the creamed mixture and form a soft dough. 5 Add cold milk to this dough. 6 Roll out the prepared dough on a board(You may use a li’l flour for dusting) 7 Cut with a cookie cutter. 8 Prick on top of the cut shapes with a toothpick and sprinkle sugar. 9 Place on a greased and floured baking tray and bake at 355F for 8-10mins. 10 Cool it for 2mins before using the filling. 11 For the filling: 12 Mix all the filling ingredients to a smooth paste. 13 Sandwich the biscuits with this chocolate butter icing.

About


This is something that i have loved right from the time was a kid. My cousin passed on this recipe to me and i make this very often. This is one of the very old and popular biscuits in India. Kids completely enjoy eating this:)

Comments:
Ramesh

i tried baking bourbon biscuits but the top side came out ok, but the bottom side appears to be rough and sticky as if surface of moon, moreover the biscuits are not crispy even after baking in convection mode for 15 min.
can anybody please help me as to where i am going wrong
regards
ramesh