Chocolate Biscuits

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Cocoa Comfort: Cooking with Emma – Chocolate Biscuits! 🍫🍪

Welcome back to the cheerful kitchen of the Cooking with Emma series! Emma is ready to bake a deeply satisfying treat this time: rich, buttery Chocolate Biscuits. Get ready to lend a hand, practice your precise measuring skills, and watch these dark, decadent cookies come to life before you learn how to make them yourself!

The Interactive Baking Steps 👩‍🍳

In the game, Emma will guide you through the process, making each step fun and straightforward:

1. Creaming the Base: Your first task is to cream together the softened butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until the mixture achieves a light, fluffy texture. Emma stresses that this step is key for texture!
2. Adding the Essentials: Next, you'll crack the eggs (no shells allowed!) and pour in the vanilla extract. A quick mix ensures everything is fully incorporated into the sweet, creamy base.
3. The Cocoa Mix: In a separate bowl, you'll combine the all-purpose flour, the essential cocoa powder (the source of that rich chocolate flavor!), baking soda, and a pinch of salt. You'll then gently mix these dry ingredients before adding them to the wet mixture.
4. Forming the Dough: You'll slowly blend the wet and dry ingredients until a dark, cohesive dough forms. Emma will then have you roll the dough into a log, wrap it, and let it chill in the virtual fridge—this prevents the biscuits from spreading too much!
5. Cutting & Baking: After the dough is chilled, you'll use a virtual knife or cookie cutter to slice the log into uniform biscuit rounds. Place them on a tray and slide them into the oven. Watch the timer and temperature to ensure they bake to that perfect, crumbly tenderness!

The Full Recipe: Emma's Delicious Chocolate Biscuits

Now that you've mastered the game, here is the real-world recipe for you to bake Emma's delicious Chocolate Biscuits at home!

Instructions:

1. Prep: Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Preheat your oven to $375^\circ$F ($190^\circ$C).
2. Cream: In a large bowl, cream together the softened butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until the mixture is light and fluffy.
3. Combine Wet: Beat in the eggs one at a time, then mix in the vanilla extract.
4. Mix Dough: Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, mixing on low speed until the chocolate dough comes together.
5. Chill (Optional but Recommended): For thicker biscuits, roll the dough into a log, wrap it in plastic wrap, and chill for at least $30$ minutes.
6. Shape & Bake: Slice the dough log into $1/4$-inch thick rounds and place them on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. If you did not chill the dough, simply drop rounded teaspoons of dough onto the sheet.
7. Bake: Bake for $8$ to $10$ minutes. The biscuits will look slightly soft when done.
8. Cool: Let the biscuits cool on the baking sheet for $5$ minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.

Enjoy your rich, homemade Chocolate Biscuits! Which sweet treat are you going to tackle next with Emma?