Chocolate Spiral Biscuits

I found digital copy of this cookbook at the library and couldn't check it out fast enough.  It's called Deep Dark Chocolate: Decadent Recipes for the Serious Chocolate Lover, by Sara Perry.  I found a couple of interesting recipes in there, like one for Brown Sugar Chocolate Sauce (can't wait to try that one!).  Lately Friday has been designated leftovers day, where our dinner menu consists of all the leftovers from earlier in the week.  It has been so great!  Until we had no leftovers...and I had no alternate plan.  So we had salad and these biscuits, which I threw together in about 30 minutes.  Not bad...and delicious too.

Chocolate Spiral Biscuits

Dough:

2 cups all purpose flour

1 Tablespoon granulated sugar

1 Tablespoon baking powder

½ teaspoon salt

5 Tablespoons cold butter

¾ cup whole milk

Filling:

3 Tablespoons butter, room temperature

2 Tablesppons granulated sugar

1/2 cup mini chocolate chips

Demarara Sugar

Preheat the oven to 400F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Cut the butter into the flour mixture until resembles coarse crumbs. Add the milk and toss together with a fork until a rough dough forms. Turn the dough out onto a floured surface and knead several times. Roll the dough into a 13x11 inch rectangle.

Spread the butter evenly over the dough, then sprinkle evenly with the sugar and the chocolate. Roll up the dough like cinnamon rolls, then cut the roll with a sharp knife into 12 slices. Place the slices about 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle the tops with demarara sugar.  Bake about 18 minutes, or until golden and done. Place on a cooling rack and let cool. Makes 12 biscuits.

Enjoy!  -Cardamommy