Bourbon/Homemade Bourbon Biscuits/Eggless Homemade Bourbon Biscuits

Bourbon /Homemade Bourbon biscuits. The classic bourbon biscuits are a favourite of many these yummy biscuits are not only easy to make at home but taste better than store brought.
The recipe is pretty simple and straight forward with no fancy ingredients required.So why wait go ahead and bake them today .Your kids are going to love these for sure.

Bourbon biscuits are sandwich style chocolaty biscuits with luscious chocolate butter cream filling .I remember licking the cream and keeping the biscuits in the packet as a kid I guess most of us have done that..But not anymore .These home baked chocolaty goodies are simply amazing.dunk them in milk or munch it anytime you crave for. 

ingredients

50 gm /4 tbsp butter

50 gm /1/4 cup powdered sugar

1 tbsp honey

110 gm or 3/4 cup all purpose flour/maida

1/2 tsp baking soda

15 gm/1 1/2 tbsp cocoa

2 to 3 tbsp milk(optional)

filling

50 gm /4tbsp butter softened

100 gm/1 cup icing sugar

2 tbsp cocoa powder

few drops of milk

Method

• In a mixing bowl cream butter and sugar together with a whisk.
• Sift flour,baking soda ,cocoa and keep aside.
• Add honey to the creamed butter and sugar mixture.

• Add the sifted flour to the whisked butter sugar mixture.
• Mix to dough,add milk if required.

• Wrap the dough in a cling foil.
• Keep it in the refrigerator for 30 minutes.
• After 30 minutes take the dough out of the refrigerator.
• Sprinkle some flour on work surface and roll the dough with a rolling pin to 4mm thickness
• Cut into strips of 2 to 3 cm and cut into 5 to 6 cm length
• Using a toothpick prick holes to resemble bourbon
• chill these strips for 15 min

• Preheat the oven at 180 degree Celsius for 10 min
• Remove the bourbon from the refrigerator and place them on baking tray lined with foil/parchment.
• Bake for 12 to 15 min
• They will turn slightly dark at the edges as they cook.
• Once baked remove them and cool over cooling rack .
• Meanwhile make the filling
• Cream the sugar butter together add cocoa powder together add few drops of milk if needed
• We need a spreadable consistency ,do not add more milk.

• Once the bourbons are cool sandwich them together using the filling.
• Let them sit for 20 to 30 minutes before you serve them.
• Store them in airtight container.

Use good quality cocoa powder
I have used amul butter ,add a pinch of salt to the flour if using unsalted butter
Never fill the biscuits while they are hot,allow them to cool completely.
chilling the dough makes it easy to roll do not skip this step.

Thank you Shreya💖 for such an amazing recipe ..