Dutch chocolate letters
Make the most delicious chocolate letters with this simple recipe. Just two ingredients and a few decorations.
Servings: 3 letters
Ingredients
- 300 grams chocolate of your choice
- 90 grams unsalted butter
- Decoration of your choice
Instructions
- Melt two thirds of the chocolate au-bain marie, once melted, remove the bowl from the pan and add the rest of the chocolate. Stir regularly until all the chocolate is melted.
- While the chocolate is melting, beat the butter for a few minutes to make it very creamy. Add the melted chocolate and mix well. Put the chocolate in a piping bag with a open star piping tip.
- Take a sheet of baking paper and pipe the letters onto it. To get the same pattern as in the picture, do the following :Tilt your piping bag slightly and hold it just above the surface. Pipe the first part, stop squeezing the bag and pull it away in the direction you want to go. Repeat this over and over again, starting exactly where you left off. It's not difficult and practice makes perfect.
- Once you have piped the letter, you can immediately decorate it with spiced cookies, sprinkles and other goodies. Allow the chocolate figures to harden.
Tips
Find it hard to pipe a letter in the correct shape? Trace the letter on a piece of paper and place the baking paper on top. That way you can follow the lines.
How to store
In an airtight container they can be kept for a month (outside of the fridge).