Bourbons

Name: Bourbons
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 18
Ingredients: 250 g (9oz) plain flour, plus extra to dust; 125 g (4oz) unsalted butter, chilled, cut into cubes; 125g (4oz) caster sugar; 2 tbsp. golden syrup; 50 g (2oz) cocoa powder; 1 tsp. bicarbonate of soda; 3 tbsp. milk; 75 g (3oz) unsalted butter, softened; 125 g (4oz) icing sugar; 15 g (1/2oz) cocoa powder

These addictive biscuits are easy to master – and well worth the effort!

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 23 March 2013

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Preparation Notes: plus chilling and cooling

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Yields:

Prep Time:

30 mins

Cook Time:

25 mins

Total Time:

55 mins

Ingredients

250 g (9oz) plain flour, plus extra to dust
125 g (4oz) unsalted butter, chilled, cut into cubes
125g (4oz) caster sugar
2 Tbsp. golden syrup
50 g (2oz) cocoa powder
1 tsp. bicarbonate of soda
3 Tbsp. milk

For the filling

75 g (3oz) unsalted butter, softened
125 g (4oz) icing sugar
15 g (1/2oz) cocoa powder

Directions

1. Step 1
  Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan) mark 4. Put all the biscuit ingredients into a food processor and pulse until the mixture clumps together. Tip the dough on to a work surface and bring together.
2. Step 2
  Roll out the dough on a sheet of baking parchment, trying to keep it rectangular and dusting your rolling pin with flour as needed, then trim to a 23cm x 30.5cm (9in x 12in) rectangle. Cut the rectangle lengthways into 3 even strips, keeping strips together, then cut across them at 2.5cm (1in) intervals, keeping the rectangles together. If you like, use the end of a skewer to mark the long edges of each biscuit with five dots to resemble a traditional Bourbon. Chill for 30min.
3. Step 3
  Bake for 25min, then carefully remove the tray from the oven and cut through the marks to make sure biscuits are separated. Leave to cool completely.
4. Step 4
  To make the filling, put the butter into a large bowl and sift in the icing sugar and cocoa powder. Mix until combined (don't be tempted to add any liquid - the icing should be thick).
5. Step 5
  Sandwich the cooled biscuits together with the chocolate filling, using a piping bag if you want a neater finish.

Per serving:

Calories: 209
Protein: 2g
Total fat: 10g
Saturates: 6g
Carbs: 26g
Total sugars: 15g
Fibre: 1g

The GH Kitchen Team

The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time