Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers

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Hello there lovely people, regular readers will know just how fond I am of Cookies! So it should come as no surprise that I also love biscuits and all variations in between. Actually what is the difference between Cookies and Biscuits? Anyway I digress, these Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers definitely fit in the biscuit category (whatever that is).

Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers
Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers

 

The Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers have a light, buttery crumb, which is complemented by the high quality chocolate dipped ends. So, definitely not a biscuit that I would dunk!

Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers accompanied by Viennese Whirls!
Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers accompanied by Viennese Swirls!

Mixing It Up!

I also made some Viennese Swirls, which had their bases dipped in chocolate. Oh my, the biscuity, chocolatey, deliciousness in the shape of a swirl. Both Viennese fingers and swirls look so pretty. I imagine them adorning high tea cake stands, alongside scones and little triangle sandwiches with their crusts cut off! Oh hang on, is that the Ritz on the phone putting in an order? As if!!!!!

Cup of tea anyone? Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers and Swirls.
Cup of tea anyone? Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers and Swirls.

 

These fingers and swirls are piped, using the largest star tip you can get your hands on! Because they literally take moments to cook and cool, then you can get a-dunking in the gorgeous melted chocolate. And if you have children in the house, you will instantly have them in the kitchen the minute you start dunking! I guarantee it!!!

In fact I made 6 swirls and 19 (so annoying that it wasn’t 20!) fingers yesterday and they’ve all gone. Next time I’ll make a double batch – or hide them!!! That kinda goes against the sharing theme of this blog – oops!  Looks like a double batch then.

Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers and Swirls - that's a lot of biscuits munched!
Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers and Swirls – that’s a lot of biscuits munched!

 

Anyway, let me show you how I made these –

Recipe : Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers – Makes Approx 30

200g/7oz Unsalted Butter – very soft

50g/2oz Icing Sugar

15g/ 1/2oz Corn Flour (also known as corn starch)

1tsp Vanilla Extract – I use Nielsen-Massey

1/8tsp Salt – I use Maldon

100g/4oz Self-raising White Flour

100g/4oz Plain White Flour

150g Milk Chocolate – I used Green and Black’s as it has 37% Cocoa, most chocolate bars have 20%-25%

Making The Biscuit Dough

First of all, you will need a piping bag fitted with a large open star tip (Wilton 1M).

Preheat oven to 180C/160c fan, 350F, gas mark 4

Whisk together the very soft butter, icing sugar and salt until light and fluffy.

Note – as the finished mixture is piped, having very soft butter will make the piping easier.

Add the vanilla extract and corn flour and whisk into the butter/sugar mixture.
Add the vanilla extract and corn flour and whisk into the butter/sugar mixture.
Sift both flours into the bowl.
Sift both flours into the bowl.
Mix all the ingredients until they just come together.
Mix all the ingredients until they just come together.

Piping The Viennese Fingers

Scoop the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip - I've used a disposable piping bag.
Scoop the mixture into a piping bag fitted with a large star tip – I’ve used a disposable piping bag.

Ensure your piping bag is fitted with a large star tip, Wilton #1M is ideal.

Either use parchment paper lined baking sheets or non stick – I used a combination of both.

Here’s how to pipe the Viennese Fingers in pictures –

The mixture is quite stiff! Use one hand to guide the tip and the other to apply pressure to the bag. Squeeze....
The mixture is quite stiff! Use one hand to guide the tip and the other to apply pressure to the bag. Squeeze….
Keeping the pressure on the bag, pipe slowly, in a straight line.......
Keeping the pressure on the bag, pipe slowly, in a straight line…….
Continue piping until the finger is 10cm/4" long. Release the pressure on the bag and pull the tip away.
Continue piping until the finger is 10cm/4″ long. Release the pressure on the bag and pull the tip away.
Soo pretty! Keep a piped finger's width between each one as they spread a little whilst baking.
Soo pretty! Keep a piped finger’s width between each one as they spread a little whilst baking.

And, if you fancy making the Viennese swirls, here is how you do it!

Pipe a swirl, approx 5cm/2" across.
Pipe a swirl, approx 5cm/2″ across.
Pipe inside the swirl in a circular motion, until the circle is filled in. Bring the piping tip to the centre and release the pressure.
Pipe inside the swirl in a circular motion, until the circle is filled in. Bring the piping tip to the centre and release the pressure.

Baking The Viennese Fingers

Place the swirls and fingers in the oven. Bake the fingers for 10 minutes and the swirls for 10-12 minutes. They are cooked when they have turned a light, golden colour.

Beautifully golden, cooked Viennese Fingers.
Beautifully golden, cooked Viennese Fingers.
A gorgeous, golden, Viennese Swirl.
A gorgeous, golden, Viennese Swirl.

 

As soon as the biscuits are baked remove from the oven. Leave to cool on the baking sheets for a couple of minutes and then, using a palette knife, move the fingers and swirls to a cooling rack.

Dipping The Viennese Fingers In Chocolate

Once cooled the fingers are ready for dunking in chocolate.

Chop the chocolate and place in a heat proof bowl.
Chop the chocolate and place in a heat proof bowl.
Melt the chocolate either over a double boiler, or if you're confident in the microwave - I nuked my chocolate and it was fine.
Melt the chocolate either over a double boiler, or if you’re confident in the microwave – I nuked my chocolate and it was fine.
Dip one end of the Viennese finger in the chocolate.
Dip one end of the Viennese finger in the chocolate.
Holding the biscuit in the middle dip the other end in the chocolate.
Holding the biscuit in the middle dip the other end in the chocolate.

 

Place the Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper – DO NOT place back on the cooling rack as I did. I’ll show you why later!

And for the swirls, I used a spoon to cover the base of the swirl with melted chocolate and then left them to cool, upside down, on the cooling rack.

The swirls are fine to cool, upside down, on the rack.
The swirls are fine to cool, upside down, on the rack.

 

You now can present your Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers and Swirls!

Ah soo pretty - Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers and Swirls.
Ah soo pretty – Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers and Swirls.

 

I promised to show you what happened when I cooled the Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers on the cooling rack…..

Some of the biscuits stuck and broke when I tried to get them off!!!
Some of the biscuits stuck and broke when I tried to get them off!!!

 

Totally my fault and very embarrassing as my previous post stated the importance of reading through a recipe before you start. Guess what, if I’d read the recipe I’d have known to cool the chocolate dipped fingers on parchment paper. My bad!

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Chocolate Vanilla Viennese Finger Biscuits 

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We had fun eating all of the broken biscuits. Since life isn’t always perfect, I try to make the most of everything. Having a laugh at mishaps, eating the spoils, it all makes memories.

Have you had an memorable baking mishaps??

Sammie x

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Hi, I'm Sammie and I’m passionate about creating tasty recipes, both sweet and savoury that you can make at home. Every recipe is easy and fun to make and should taste like a feast without the fuss!

22 thoughts on “Chocolate Dipped Viennese Fingers”

  1. Gotta love a Viennese biscuit ! Yum – I make mine with stork with butter still got the buttery taste but is nice and soft to pipe with – have you tried it ?
    Yours held their shape beautifully too

    1. Thanks Becky, that is a great tip. I have made them since and made sure the butter was softer to start. Using stork is a good idea though. X

    1. Hi Mary. Corn flour is also known as corn starch. I would recommend using a Wilton #1M large star tip. At the time of making these I didn’t own one and used a slightly smaller star tip, it was pretty hard work piping the biscuits. Thank you for your comment and I will add theses recommendations to the post. These are utterly delicious biscuits, please send me a photo via Twitter/Instagram @sammiefeasting if you make them? Have fun. Sammie x

  2. They are delicious! Made them today, with my food processor mixing the dough in seconds. Hubby has a hard time keeping his fingers off – the chocolate has not set yet 🙂
    Thanks for sharing the recipe!

    1. Thank you Sariba. I’m glad you found them easy to make and bake. They are one of my Hubby’s favourites too. Sammie.

  3. These look so good! I love the photographs of you piping them on. They look so frilly!!

    I regularly have baking mishaps. Last night’s experimental banana bread being one of them. I put in too much yoghurt and they look a bit sunken and sorry for themselves. Dropping a tray of cupcakes just as I was about to put them in the oven was another hilarious disaster!

    1. Thanks Candice, they really were yummy and I’m being begged to make more. Thank you for leaving a comment. I’ll pop over to your blog and take a peek! Sammie x

    1. Oh it soo came back to bite me on the bum!!! Fortunately we had no trouble polishing off the broken bits!!
      Quick note I’ve bought a bigger star tip to make the piping easier!! Sammie x

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