Name: Viennese fingers recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes: 12
Ingredients: 175g butter; 60g icing sugar; Grated rind of 1 orange; 125g plain flour; 60g cornflour; 2tbsp apricot jam; 90g plain chocolate; Piping bag fitted with 1cm fluted nozzle; Baking sheet, lined with Bakewell paper

Nutrition Per Portion

RDA

Calories

226 Kcal

11%

Fat

14 g

20%

Saturated Fat

9 g

45%

By GoodtoKnow

published 18 July 2010

Light, melt-in-the-mouth biscuits filled with apricot jam and dipped in dark chocolate. Perfect with a cup of tea and we bet you can't stop at just one!

Ingredients

175g butter
60g icing sugar
Grated rind of 1 orange
125g plain flour
60g cornflour
2tbsp apricot jam
90g plain chocolate
Piping bag fitted with 1cm fluted nozzle
Baking sheet, lined with Bakewell paper

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Method

Cream the butter and icing sugar with the orange rind until light and fluffy.
Sift in the flour and cornflour and beat well.
Set the oven to gas mark 4 or 180°C. Put the mixture in the piping bag and pipe 24 fingers, 7.5cm long.
Bake for 15 mins. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Sandwich the fingers into pairs with jam.
Melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of hot water. Dip both ends of fingers in chocolate and put on Bakewell paper to set.

Top Tip for making Viennese fingers

After covering the ends in chocolate, you could also dip them in finely chopped pistachios.

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