Tiramisu Cookies

You will need:
Unsalted butter – 50g (at room temperature and diced)
Caster sugar – 90g
Egg – 1, beaten
Plain all purpose flour – 50g

For the filling
Mascarpone cheese – 150g (check here for substitutes in case you don’t find it http://www.heavenlytiramisu.com/mascarpo.htm)
Dark rum – 15ml
Instant coffee powder – ½ tsp
Molasses – 15 ml (or use light muscovado sugar)

For the topping:
White chocolate: 75g
Milk – 15ml
Crushed chocolate flakes – 2 tbsp


Preparation method:

For the filling:
1. Mix the rum and coffee powder well, stirring till the powder is completely dissolved

2. To this, add the cheese and muscovado sugar

3. Combine well

4. Cover with a plastic wrap and chill until required

For the cookie:
5. Now pre-heat the over too 400 degree Fahrenheit

6. Line two or three baking sheets with baking parchment

7. Cream together butter and sugar in a bowl until light and fluffy

8. Add the beaten egg and mix

9. Stir in the flour slowly

10. Combine well

11. Put the mixture in a piping bag fitted with a 1.5cm nozzle.

12. Pipe small blobs on the baking sheet (remember to space them well as the dough expands)

13. Bake for 6-8 minutes until the centers are firm and the edges are just beginning to brown

14. Remove from oven and set aside to cool

To assemble:
15. Spread a little filling on half of the cookies and places the other halves on top to create cookie sandwiches

16. Combine the chocolate and milk in a heatproof bowl and melt over a pan of hot water

17. When the chocolate is completey melted, stir to make a smooth paste of spreadable consistency

18. Spread the topping evenly over the cookies

19. Sprinkle with the chocolate flakes