Chocolate Rings

This Christmas biscuit comes from the little school exercise book of my dear friend Helma's family in Waldems from the period between 1900 and 1918. It is very easy to make, looks good, tastes wonderfully chocolaty but is not too sweet.

Method:

  1. Mix the butter, sugar and vanilla sugar in a bowl.

  2. Add the egg.

  3. Mix together the flour, baking powder and cocoa.

  4. Add these dry ingredients to the butter and egg mixture, spoon by spoon, alternating with the milk, and form everything into a ball of dough.

  5. Roll the dough into pencil-thick rolls in portions and shape into circles.

  6. Place on a greased baking tray.

  7. Bake the curls in an oven preheated to 180 °C for 10–15 minutes.

  8. Leave to cool on a wire rack, fill into biscuit tins and enjoy with tea or coffee.