Chocolate Cherry Biscuits
November 8, 2010 at 7:00 pm 25 comments
For Christmas I’m thinking of getting three t’shirts printed. One for Mr Chocolate and two for The Monkeys. What would the T’shirt have on it?…
I Love Biscuits
Seriously, the love those three have for their biscuits is quite strong. A biscuitless household is not very often. This recipe The Monkeys and I whipped up, (as I had seen a ‘Cherry Ripe’ ad, and the chocolate had embedded itself in my mind- who said advertising doesn’t work…sort of.)
With pudgy toes standing on a chair, and sticky fingers eager to help. An egg was cracked, flour was strewn, butter was softened, biscuit dough wedged in to floor boards, chocolate chips were nibbled upon and biscuits were eventually made. Watching both their faces as they tasted and tested, grinning from ear to ear as they discover the wonders of a new biscuit.
Choc Cherry Biscuits
125 grams softened butter
1/2 cup raw sugar
1 beaten egg
1 tps vanilla
3 tbls glace cherries
1/2 cup choc chips
1/2 cup desicated coconut
3/4 cup s/r flour
3/4 cup plain flour
Cream butter, sugar, vanilla together. Add the egg, and mix in. Add rest of ingredients. Mix well. Roll in to balls and slightly flatten. Bake until light golden at 180C.
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heidiannie | November 8, 2010 at 7:07 pm
I think I like the description of the boys’ enjoyment more than the pictures of the biscuits. Although the pictures look quite yummy!
(I just had a flash of your T-shirts- only in my mind’s eye they said, “Biscuit monster- with a great big smile under the words.)
I think I shall make your biscuits today and rename them Cherry choc cookies!
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cityhippyfarmgirl | November 8, 2010 at 8:55 pm
Let me know if you make them Heidi
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heidiannie | November 9, 2010 at 4:24 am
I did make them- only I used raspberry and dark chocolate chips. DELICIOUS! ( we aren’t too fond of maraschino cherries, here).
thanks for the idea!
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cityhippyfarmgirl | November 9, 2010 at 8:34 am
Excellent! Raspberry and chocolate sounds delicious.
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Celia @ Fig Jam and Lime Cordial | November 8, 2010 at 7:26 pm
Cherry ripe biscuits! Cool!
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cityhippyfarmgirl | November 8, 2010 at 8:57 pm
I was wondering if Cherry Ripes are only in Australia?
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TreeHugginMomma | November 8, 2010 at 8:16 pm
what’s a glace cherry?
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cityhippyfarmgirl | November 8, 2010 at 8:54 pm
I think in the the US you might call them maraschino cherries? (no stalks though.)
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bagnidilucca | November 8, 2010 at 8:59 pm
THese looks very delicious.
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cityhippyfarmgirl | November 9, 2010 at 1:49 am
They were pretty tasty.
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shayray | November 8, 2010 at 11:27 pm
I am coming over to help you eat those. Be there in 33 hours or so. I am definitely going to make those. I had to look up what glace cherries are. Chocolate and cherry is a combo that you can not go wrong with.
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cityhippyfarmgirl | November 9, 2010 at 1:52 am
Shayray like I said to TreeHugginMomma, I think they are maraschino cherries in the US (although if I am wrong please someone shout out.) The dried, sticky red ones anyway. How about I swap you for the afternoon, you can have a hot pm by the beach nibbling on some biscuits and I’ll go make snow men.
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herby | November 8, 2010 at 11:41 pm
Oh yummo!!!! I don’t like glace cherries but wonder whether the recipe would work replacing the cherries with something else … could you use fresh cherries?
Or would I have to replace them with extra chocolate?
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cityhippyfarmgirl | November 9, 2010 at 1:56 am
Herby I’m not big on them either, but they were hidden enough in the biscuits not to over power the taste. If I was swapping I would add big juicy raisins maybe? Not sure about the fresh cherries with those quantities, but if you changed the other ingredients around too it could certainly work.
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Joanna @ Zeb Bakes | November 9, 2010 at 11:43 am
Biscuit love – cherry love – we love both these here and we would like nothing more than to nibble on those with our morning coffee, afternoon tea, late night snacklet…. mmmm
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cityhippyfarmgirl | November 9, 2010 at 6:31 pm
Late night snacks…I would be lost without them.
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Anna Johnston | November 9, 2010 at 1:53 pm
Awwwhhh, I have visions of the T-Shirts splattered with bickie crumbs & very satisfied people in your household. The love of a good biscuit is a totally understandable thing in my world.
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cityhippyfarmgirl | November 9, 2010 at 6:32 pm
splattered with crumbs, and smeared with chocolate that they would be…
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Susan: My Food Obsession | November 9, 2010 at 11:08 pm
These do look great! Perfect with the Cherry Coconut bon-bons — you can never have too much choc, cherry, coconut if you ask me!!
I will have to try these
I think my Dad needs one of those T-shirts too!!
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Alisa Cooks | November 10, 2010 at 12:18 am
Those are simply pillows of perfection! Love the chocolate cherry combo too.
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Christine | November 10, 2010 at 3:09 am
Mmm, here here to the cherry/chocolate combo. I do enjoy glace cherries and most times have to stop myself from eating them before they get to the actual recipe they’re destined for. Wouldn’t it be nice if all advertising had this effect…see it – make it. The world would be a much happier place. I would love to here a Gruen analysis on this type of behaviour, haha!
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cityhippyfarmgirl | November 10, 2010 at 8:42 am
Christine imagine that! See it…make it. Phew, what a different world we would live in. (I love that show- Gruen Transfer.)
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Kim | November 10, 2010 at 10:03 am
I have just put a batch in the oven! I can not wait to taste one (or very probably, more) of these tasty little morsels!
Thanks for the recipe and mouth watering
Kim
http://www.pathtolivingsimply.blogspot.com
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Choclette | November 10, 2010 at 7:45 pm
I do love your posts and I love the image this one conjures up. Great sound biscuits too.
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