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Mini Melting Moments Recipe

October 24, 2020 by Lynn 5 Comments

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Bite sized Vanilla Flavoured Mini Melting Moments recipe with a soft chocolate filling are baked in 12 mins and make a delicious after dinner treat with your coffee.

Box up a bundle of these little mini biscuits into a pretty decorative box for a delightful edible Birthday or Christmas gift.

Mini Melting Moments piled high on a glass cake dish

Where the inspiration came from

I was inspired to make these after taking a Pie Making Class or was it a Sourdough Bread making class in the centre of Leeds. During the lesson we were served some very tiny Hazlenut biscuits that were sandwiched together with a chocolate ganache.

I always try to create recipes, for my readers, using what I already have in my cupboards, rather than going out to buy extra ingredients. So I decided to adapt a similar recipe and sandwich them together with a chocolate filling using my recipe for an Easy Chocolate Glaze.

I reduced the amount of butter in the glaze, to make it a thicker truffle style filling that doesn't set too hard. Which is why you can turn any leftover filling into truffles.

How to make this Recipe

Once you have switched the oven on, start prepping your baking trays. I used 2 baking trays lined with a silicone baking sheet or baking parchment.

Cream the butter and icing sugar together until well combined. This will only take a couple of mins if the butter is soft enough, even easier when using a food mixer. We are not looking for light and fluffy, as if we are making a cake. Well combined is enough.

Add the flour, cornflour, vanilla extract and salt. Mixed everything together to form a smooth firm dough. Again this will not take long if you are using an electric mixer, do not overbeat the mixture, once it's well combined then stop.

You may need to scrape the bowl down the sides of the bowl as you go along, or you could invest in a beater that scrapes the sides as it mixes, like this Kenwood Flexible Beater that I use, it really does make a difference to all of my baking and saves a lot of time too.

Cookie Dough balls on a baking tray

Shape the cookie dough into tiny balls of equal weights, place these onto the prepared baking sheets. There's no need to press them down or flatten them.

If you wish to be exact, weigh the dough first, then divide it into equal weights. This part of the process took me about 10 mins. But it was so worth it to have evenly sized little bites. Each of the 94 balls of dough weighed 6 or 7 grams. This resulted in 47 complete Mini Melting Moments Bites once they were sandwich together with the chocolate filling,

Baked Mini Cookies on a baking tray

Bake in the centre of the oven for 10 - 12 minutes, or until baked. They won't have a deep golden baked colour and may still feel slightly soft to the touch as you take them out of the oven. But they will firm up once cooled. Leave to cool completely before you add the chocolate filling.

Make the Chocolate Filling

Melting the butter and chocolate couldn't be easier, place both in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Once melted, take off the heat and give it a little mix. It should have a nice smooth thick consistency, that isn't runny.

Little baked biscuits and melted chocolate in a glass bowl

Add a little of the chocolate filling to half of the Mini Melting moments and sandwich together with the remainder. Be generous with the filling, there is plenty of it.

Mini Biscuits filled with chocolate

Add a little extra touch by dusting them with icing sugar.

Any leftover chocolate filling can be turned into truffles. Roll quickly in your hands and dust with either icing sugar, chopped nuts or cocoa powder.

Mini Melting Moments piled high on a glass cake dish

Tips and FAQ's for Mini Melting Moments

How to make each Mini Bite the same. If you’re particular about making each Melting Moment of equal size, weigh the whole dough then divide into equal portions. For this recipe, each biscuit dough weighed 6 or 7 grams.

Baking times for Larger Cookies. If you chose to make them larger, you’ll need to adjust the baking times and cook them a little longer, but only by a few minutes. The same applies if you make them smaller, bake for a few mins less than stated.

Can I replace Corn Flour with Plain Flour?

Yes, you can replace Corn Flour with Plain Flour, although using Corn Flour in this recipe will make your Mini Melting Moment Cookies lighter and shorter, giving them that melt in the mouth texture.

Can I use normal sugar instead of icing Sugar?

Yes, you can, but Granulated and Caster sugar has larger granules than icing sugar resulting in a courser more granulated biscuit.

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Mini Melting Moments piled high on a glass cake dish

Mini Melting Moments Recipe

Lynn Hill
Bite sized Vanilla Flavoured Mini Melting Moments recipe with a soft chocolate filling are baked in 12 mins and make a delicious after dinner treat with your coffee.
Box up a bundle of these little mini biscuits into a pretty decorative box for a delightful edible Birthday or Christmas gift.
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 12 mins
Time spent rolling out individual dough balls 10 mins
Total Time 37 mins
Course Afternoon Tea, Snack
Cuisine British
Servings 47
Calories 100 kcal

INGREDIENTS

  • 100 g icing sugar sieved
  • 200 g unsalted butter at room temperature
  • 200 g plain flour sieved
  • 100 g cornflour sieved
  • ½ teaspoons Vanilla Extract
  • pinch of salt

For the Chocolate Filling

  • 200 g dark chocolate roughly chopped
  • 80 g unsalted butter
  • Icing sugar for dusting
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Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 160deg fan assisted. Have ready 2 baking sheet lined with a silicone baking sheet or baking parchment.
  • Cream the butter and icing sugar together until well combined. This will only take a couple of mins if the butter is soft enough. Even easier using a food mixer.
  • Add the flour, cornflour, vanilla extract and salt. Mixed everything together to form a smooth firm dough.
  • Shape into tiny balls of equal weights. Place these onto the prepared baking sheets If you wish to be exact, weigh the dough first, then divide into equal weights. Mine each weighed 6 or 7 grams each resulting in 94 little Melting moments. There's no need to press them donw or flatten them.
  • Bake in the centre of the oven for 10 - 12 mins. Or until baked. They won't have a deep golden baked colour and may still feel slightly soft as you take them out of the oven. But they will firm up once cooled. Leave to cool completley.

Make the Chocolate Filling

  • Melt the butter and chocolate in a heat proof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Take off the heat and give it a little mix. It should have a nice smooth thick consistency, that isn't runny.
  • Add a little of the chocolate filling to half of the Mini Melting moments and sandwich together with the remainder. Be generous with the filling, there is plenty of it.
  • Dust with icing sugar (Optional)
  • Any leftover chocolate filling can be turned into truffles. Roll quickly in your hands and dust with either icing sugar, chopped nuts of cocoa powder.

Notes

Baking times for Larger Cookies. If you chose to make them larger, you’ll need to adjust the baking times and cook them a little longer, but only by a few minutes. The same applies if you make them smaller, bake for a few mins less than stated.
Can I replace Corn Flour with Plain Flour?
Yes, you can replace Corn Flour with Plain Flour, although using Corn Flour in this recipe will make your Mini Melting Moment Cookies lighter and shorter, giving them that melt in the mouth texture.
Can I use normal sugar instead of icing Sugar?
Yes, you can, but Granulated and Caster sugar has larger granules than icing sugar resulting in a courser more granulated biscuit.

Nutrition

Calories: 100kcalCarbohydrates: 9gProtein: 1gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gCholesterol: 13mgSodium: 2mgPotassium: 36mgFiber: 1gSugar: 3gVitamin A: 151IUCalcium: 5mgIron: 1mg
Keyword Chocolate Filling, cookies, Melting Moment Biscuits, Mini Cookies
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  1. rosemary merrill

    July 23, 2021 at 6:47 pm

    Would cornstarch be acceptable instead of corn flour

    Reply
    • Lynn

      July 23, 2021 at 9:37 pm

      Cornstarch (US) and cornflour (UK) are the same thing. So it’s fine to use. Or you could use all flour.

      Reply
  2. Joanne

    December 03, 2020 at 2:44 pm

    5 stars
    These are delicious and easy to make. Although I made a batch of them, they disappeared rather quickly!

    Reply
  3. Elaine Benoit

    November 12, 2020 at 6:39 pm

    5 stars
    Yum. I could really go for a few of these cookies. They look perfect and delicious!

    Reply
    • Lynn

      November 12, 2020 at 9:38 pm

      Thanks Elaine.

      Reply

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