Hedgehog Biscuits
- 125 g unsalted butter
- 1 cup icing sugar
- 2 tablespoons cocoa
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup coconut
- 2 cups Marie biscuits (for Australians) or 2 cups graham crackers, broken into pieces (for Americans)
- 1/2 cup hazelnuts
- Icing
- 125 g dark chocolate
- 125 g milk chocolate
- 1 tablespoon Copha
- Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a medium heat.
- Remove the pan from the heat, and stir in the sifted icing sugar and cocoa, and mix well.
- Stir in the beaten egg, and return the pan to the heat and stir until the mixture boils.
- Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the coconut, biscuit pieces and nuts. The biscuits are generally broken into pieces about the size of a hazelnut, but some larger pieces is fine, and the pieces certainly don't have to all be the same size!
- Spoon the mixture into a baking paper lined 18cm x 28cm (approximately 7" x 11") slice pan and press down firmly.
- Icing the Hedgehogs: Melt the dark chocolate, milk chocolate and copha together in a microwave-safe bowl or jug in a microwave oven on a Medium setting for approximately 2 minutes; stir well, pour - and spread evenly - over the hedgehog base.
- Chill to set.
- Once chilled, cut into 24 slices. Or larger or smaller slices if you wish!
- Notes: For extra flavour, add 1/4 cup of sultanas.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/hedgehog-biscuits-169007 (may not work)