How to make Chocolate Cookies with Candied Fruit :

Cookies:

• Melt the dark chocolate in a bain marie and set aside until it reaches room temperature.
• Mix the soft butter with the sugar until you get a smooth and fluffy cream.
• Add the egg and mix until smooth.
• Gradually add the melted chocolate and vanilla then mix gently.
• Incorporate the flour in batches and when the dough becomes too hard to work, stop mixing.
• Add enough flour for a firm dough, though soft and not sticky.
• Wrap the dough in cling film and refrigerate for an hour.
• Preheat the oven to medium heat. Line a large baking tray with baking paper.
• Take the dough out of the fridge and roll it out into a 0.3cm (0.12 inch) thin sheet. Cut out circles with a cutter transfer to the tray.
• Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes then leave them on a cooling rack to cool.

Icing:

• Melt the butter and dark chocolate broken into pieces in a bain marie.
• Homogenize then put a spoonful of the cream on each cookie.
• Level gently without covering the biscuits completely.
• Sprinkle dried fruit on top and your wonderful biscuits are ready.