Chocolate Dipped Orange Biscuits Dinosaurs

Chocolate Dipped Orange Biscuits Dinosaurs. By Rachel Allen. Hello friends, so how are you today? Rachel’s quote: ‘These shortbread biscuits are incredibly easy to make and you can cut them in to whatever shapes you’d like.

I’ve taken the small extra step of dipping them in melted chocolate, they look lovely when set and the chocolate of course goes really well with the orange zest.

Recipes with so few ingredients demand the very best quality produce and that’s why I use Kerrygold butter.’

How To Make Chocolate Dipped Orange Biscuits Dinosaurs:

Makes 15–20 biscuits

92 calories/ 5.2g fat per portion

Ingredients For Dipped Biscuits:

100g (3 ½ oz) Kerrygold butter, softened and diced, plus extra for greasing

150g (5oz) plain flour, plus extra for dusting

50g (2oz) caster sugar

75g (2½ oz) dark chocolate, broken in to pieces

The grated zest of one orange

Step By Step Guide To Making Dinosaur Biscuits:

1.) Firstly, preheat the oven to 180°C/350°f/Gas mark 4. Grease a baking sheet with a little Kerrygold butter.

2.) Sift the flour into a large bowl and, using your fingertips, rub in the Kerrygold butter until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. 

3.) Add the sugar and orange zest and bring the whole mixture together to form a stiff dough. (Don’t be tempted to add any water.) Alternatively, briefly mix the ingredients in a food processor until they come together.

4.) Transfer the dough to a lightly dusted worktop and roll out to about 5mm (1/4inch) thick. 

5.) Cut into rounds, fingers, squares or dinosaurs, then lift carefully on to the prepared baking sheet with a palette knife, spacing the biscuits evenly apart.

6.) Bake for 6–10 minutes or until pale golden, then remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet for a minute or so before transferring to a wire rack to cool down completely.

7.) Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. When the chocolate has melted, dip the shortbread in about half way in to the chocolate, then allow any excess to drip off and place on a plate to cool and set.

Chocolate Dipped Orange Biscuits Dinosaurs:

Rachel’s Tip:

If you want to mix things up with your biscuits you could always try using milk chocolate or white chocolate. So yummy.

Guest post from Kerrygold.

So what do you think of these Chocolate Dipped Orange Biscuits Dinosaurs? So do you fancy baking some? Because I do.

You Might Also Like:

Strawberry Shortbread Hearts:

Firstly, a recipe for love. Spoil the one you love with this Valentine’s Day recipe. Roses are red, Violets are blue, biscuits are sweet and so are you!! Makes 12 biscuits Preparation time: 10 minsCooking time: 10 mins How To Make Strawberry Shortbread Hearts: Ingredients: 225g salted butter, softened 100g caster sugar 225g plain flour Icing: 200g; Strawberry Shortbread Hearts.

Thank You Belvita:

Secondly, just a quick post to say Thank You to belvita for this wonderful Mothers Day present I received this week. I was sent this lovely treat with a mug, a cup to keep your drink hot or cold, daily planner and  12 (packs of 4) individually wrapped packets of my favourite flavour belvita biscuits ( cranberry ). Thank You Belvita.

Blueberry Muesli Bars:

Thirdly, another fun recipe for lunchboxes is this recipe. Need an energy boost at work? Take a couple of these bars wrapped in foil to keep you going. Makes 10 Prep: 20 minutes Cook: 25-30 minutes How To Make Blueberry Muesli Bars: Ingredients: 150g (5oz) blueberries 1 level tablespoon cornflour 75g (3oz) mixed sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds and sesame seeds 175g; Blueberry Muesli Bars: Energy Boost Snacks.