These chocolate wheaties are great for late-night snacking or an early morning grab-and-go. Instead of turning to store-bought ones, you can make your own wheat-germ biscuits using the most accessible ingredients from your nearest supermarket.
Dessert Recipes
Chocolate Wheaties
April 16, 2022
Bake your own wheat-germ biscuits dipped in chocolate that could easily beat store-bought alternatives.
Yield
Makes 18
Prep Time
45mins
Cook Time
27mins
Difficulty Level
2 / 5
Ingredients
- 90 g butter, softened
- ½ cup (110 g) light brown sugar, firmly packed
- 1 egg
- ¼ cup (20 g) desiccated coconut
- ⅓ cup (35 g) wheat germ
- ⅔ cup (100g) wholemeal flour, sifted
- ⅓ cup (50 g) self-raising flour, sifted
- 185 g dark eating chocolate, chopped coarsely
Steps
01.
Preheat oven to 180 C (160 C fan-forced). Line 2 oven trays with baking paper.
02.
Beat butter and sugar in a small bowl with an electric mixer for about 1 min or until smooth. Beat in egg until combined. Stir in coconut, wheat germ and flours.
03.
Roll dough between sheets of baking paper until about 5 mm thick. Place on tray; refrigerate for 30 mins.
04.
Cut 7.5 cm rounds from dough to make about 18 biscuits; place about 2.5 cm apart on trays.
05.
Bake biscuits for about 20 mins. Cool on trays.
06.
Meanwhile, stir in chocolate in a small heatproof bowl over a small saucepan of simmering water until melted. Cool.
07.
Spread bases of wheaties with chocolate; mark with a fork. Stand at room temperature until set. Serve.