Just up the road there is a front hedge grown from rosemary bushes. It smells just as delicious as you’d imagine, especially when our neighbour is trimming the hedge back. The sharp scent of rosemary gushes up and down the street, fragrancing our day Ah, divine!
We have a small rosemary plant in a far-too-shady part of our garden. Most of my garden is shade because of all the gum trees that surround us. I can’t complain. Actually, I complain all the time.
Anyway, we were talking rosemary and the delicious thing it does to chocolate. Rosemary adds a little umani flavour when you are baking with cocoa instead of real chocolate. Which is perfect, because I often struggle to add real chocolate to anything other than my mouth.
These bickies are cheap and extra-cheerful thanks to the little kick of rosemary. I’m sure biscuits aren’t supposed to come out all crackly like mine do, but I don’t mind. But if you know why they crackle, please let me know in the comments!
Chocolate and Rosemary Biscuits
2 free range eggs
1 cup loosely-packed brown sugar
½ cup canola oil
1 tsp vanilla essence
2 ½ cups plain flour
1 tbsp baking powder
½ cup cocoa, sifted
1 small sprig rosemary, very finely chopped
Preheat oven to 180°C. Line a cookie tray with baking paper and set aside.
Beat the eggs, sugar, oil and vanilla in a large bowl until pale.
Stir in flour, baking powder, cocoa and rosemary.
Roll tablespoonfuls into balls and press with the back of a metal spoon to flatten.
Bake for about 15 minutes. Leave to cool on the tray for around 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Or eat them warm, because yum.
Notes
You can freeze these biscuits for about a month. Transfer to a zip lock bag, press out excess air, seal and freeze.
Make smaller biscuits by using teaspoon instead of a tablespoon. Reduce cooking time to 12 minutes tops.
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Kate (@onesmalllife) says
These sound so yummy Bron. I have a cup of tea brewing right now and how I’d love two (or three!) of these to go with. I was wondering if you have tried freezing the batter? I’m always on the look out for biscuit batter that freezes well, becauseI aspire to be one of those people that can provide freshly made biscuits at the drop of a hat. (It’ll probs never happen but a girl can dream). xx
Maxabella says
i think this would freeze well as it’s quite doughy. The chocolate chip recipe I’ve got on here freezes super-well too. x
Tessa says
OMG they sound delish and I am loving the idea of freezing stuff, I never bother and then we always pig out on too many!!
Maxabella says
Makeand freeze, lady. x
Vicki @ Boiled Eggs & Soldiers says
Look at you and your unami! I love the sound of these, have pinned and am aiming to make them during the week. Thank you for sharing with YWF too.
Clare says
Oh my, these sound delicious, I had never ever thought of rosemary with chocolate, so of course I have to give them a try. A rosemary hedge – divine! What a wonderful idea, I have a little rosemary bush but alas not hedge size!
jayne says
A hint of rosemary with choccy biscuits – how perfect! these look really wonderful