I can honestly say I have survived a few weeks on y onltea accompanied with butter cookies (and it shows!). I have had travels where I felt too exhausted, ill or wary to eat a whole meal – when I work, I like to keep it light and that means tea the proper way – English breakfast or earl grey, milk and sugar. And of course, chocolate, and if possible, chocolate biscuits. This is the British influence I have from my childhood that has carried forward – I am a confusing soul to many – eat pizza like the Americans but need dainty scones, biscuits and tea like the British! These shortbread biscuits take me back to my childhood, and I have finally perfected this ridiculously easy and simple recipe that takes minutes to make and while I do mention a chilling time – I have rarely done it, but also, I do work with the air condition on which helps save me that time. You can cut these into any shape you like, but I love the rectangle fingers, because A) I do can cut them all at one go and B) minimizes waste of dough!' Go ahead, make ‘em this Sunday, to pull you through the week. The Recipe Serves 20-24 biscuits Ingredients ½ cup butter, soft ¼ cup icing sugar, sifted 1 cup flour 1/8 tsp salt For Chocolate Dip: 70g dark chocolate, melted Instructions Preheat the oven to 180C Prepare a cookie tray with sheet Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy Add the flour and salt and make a dough – it may be a bit soft to work with, in which case you want to refrigerate it for 20 minutes or so wrapped in cling film Roll out the dough to 0.25 inch thickness and cut long fingers of your desired shape Chill the sheet for at least 30 minutes if it’s too soft Bake for 15-20 minutes, until edges start to turn golden Cool completely on a cooling rack Chocolate Dip: Dip the biscuits into the chocolate and let set on the rack until the chocolate hardens – refrigerate if necessary for 30 minutes Store in an airtight container NOTE: the bake time will vary depending on size and thickness of the biscuit – please keep an eye and take the judgement call.