Triple C Too

 

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This recipe was designed specifically to be made with Bakers' Magic gluten free flour. The finished baked product will not be the same if you use another gluten free flour and you will need to adjust the recipe, particularly if the flour you're using contains rice flour.

Ingredients

1 tsp Baking powder

200 g Bakers' Magic Gluten free flour

180 g Butter

100 g Maize starch

30 g Cocoa

120 g Brown sugar

20 g Water

 

Extra dark chocolate for putting squiggles on top.

Sometimes I add more butter in the recipe (~20 g) to make them a little more decadent.

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Method

Mixing

Thermomix

Place all other ingredients into the TM bowl.

Mix for 30 sec at speed 4.

Ensure ingredients resemble breadcrumbs.

Mix for an additional 30 sec at speed 4.

At this stage the mixture will resemble enormous breadcrumbs - that is okay - do not mix any longer. 

Stand Mixer

Mix together the cocoa, the baking powder, the Bakers' Magic Gluten free flour and the maize starch.

Cream butter & sugar until light & fluffy.

Mix in the water. 

Add the flour mix.

Mix until the flour starts to come together as a dough.

Rolling out the dough

Put the dough or empty the TM bowl on a sheet of baking paper. Bring it together with your hands. Knead the dough until it has a uniform consistency. The dough should be ready to roll out.

Place dough between two sheets of baking paper. To ensure the Triple Cs are an even thickness follow this tip. Find 2 placemats (dinner setting) place one on either side of the dough (my placemats are ~4 mm high). The placemats can be on top of or underneath the pieces of baking paper. I find it easier to work with the dough when it is between two sheets of baking paper. When rolling out the dough ensure the rolling pin is wide enough to span the dough and part of the two top placemats. My rolling pin is large – 61 cm from handle to handle. If your rolling pin is smaller it may be easy to half the dough. Initially when rolling the pin may not necessarily rest on the placemats, however, when the dough is the same thickness as the placemats it will. At this stage the dough should be all the same thickness. Put the dough (still in between the baking paper) onto a flat tray and put it into the fridge until the dough is firm. 

Cutting & Cooking

Preheat oven to 170o C.

Line two baking trays with baking paper.

Bring out the cold dough. Gently lift off the top piece of baking paper, put it back down on the dough. Holding on to both sheets of baking paper on both sides of the dough gently flip the dough over. Lift off the top piece of baking paper - do not discard. 

These biscuits can be used for Black Mischief, Mocha Creams & Mint Thin(g)s so I tend to use a round cutter (~48 mm diameter). Cut the dough and place the pieces on a baking tray. When you have cut out as many shapes as possible bring the dough together and roll it out again between the two sheets of baking paper. Continue cutting out shapes in the newly rolled dough. If the dough is cold enough the shapes will still be easy to pick up & transfer to the baking tray. If not put the dough back into the fridge for ~ 5 mins. Repeat until you can't cut out any more shapes.

The length of time required to bake the Triple Cs will depend on the size of the cutter you have used & your oven. The discs were ~ 10 g each, there is sufficient dough to make ~60 of these. I placed them on the tray in a 5 x 6 configuration & baked them for 14 mins, turning the trays halfway through baking. 

Finishing 

Allow the biscuits to cool on the trays. Move the biscuits closer together. Melt some dark chocolate. Using a fork, dip the ends into the molten chocolate & flick the chocolate on to the top of the biscuits. Once the chocolate has set store them in an airtight container & hide them.