Bread & dough · Original adaptation
Dark Chocolate Mint Shortbread Recipe
Tender cocoa-edged shortbread rounds topped with a thin peppermint icing and dark chocolate, simplified for ordinary equipment and relaxed home baking.
Inspired by The Great British Bake Off, Season 15, Episode 2
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Dark Chocolate Mint Shortbread
- Prep
- 30 min
- Bake
- 16 min
- Total
- 46 min
- Makes
- 12 biscuits
Ingredients
- 150 g plain flour
- 25 g rice flour
- 1/4 teaspoon fine salt
- 120 g unsalted butter, softened
- 55 g caster sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 90 g icing sugar, sifted
- 1 to 2 tablespoons whole milk
- 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 120 g dark chocolate, chopped
- 1 teaspoon neutral oil
Method
Whisk the plain flour, rice flour, and salt. Beat the butter, caster sugar, and vanilla just until creamy, then mix in the dry ingredients to form a soft dough.
Roll the dough between two sheets of baking paper to 6 mm thick. Chill for 25 minutes, then cut twelve 6 cm rounds and arrange them on a lined baking sheet.
Heat the oven to 170 C, or 150 C fan. Chill the cut biscuits for 10 minutes, then bake for 14 to 16 minutes until firm and faintly golden at the edges. Cool completely.
Stir the icing sugar with the peppermint extract and enough milk to make a thick spreadable icing. Spread a thin circle over each biscuit and leave for 20 minutes.
Melt the dark chocolate with the oil. Spoon a thin layer over the mint icing, leaving a narrow border, and let the chocolate set at cool room temperature.
Before you start
- This is an original Baking Show Guide home adaptation inspired by the challenge brief, not a contestant recipe or an official show recipe.
- This version uses a simple peppermint icing instead of the technical's butter-and-white-chocolate fondant and does not require tempering.
- Use peppermint extract sparingly; brands vary considerably in strength.
From the episode
Biscuits
This adaptation starts from the episode's biscuits brief and reshapes it for ordinary home equipment and a manageable batch.
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The sources below document the episode challenge. The quantities and method on this page are independently written by Baking Show Guide; they are not copied from a contestant or broadcaster recipe.
