Marie Biscuit Magic
Posted by 365DaysVeg on February 19, 2008
Quick, Easy, Delicious ~ Marie Biscuit Magic
Marie Biscuit stack
Marie Biscuit is a popular biscuit that is similar to rich tea biscuit made with all the usual ingredients of biscuit with an addition of vanilla. It is very popular in countries such as India, Australia, South Africa, and Spain. I remember as a child eating these simple and in a way appeasing to my taste buds biscuits dipped in milk or tea everyday. It used to give me that immense amount of satisfaction that it is indescribable; one has to experience it to believe it. Almost every household had this culture of eating Marie Biscuits with tea or milk and so I call it the “quintessential tea snack”.
I still remember a cooking show on TV that used Marie Biscuits to prepare this dessert and it was way back in the early 90’s. The recipe calls for Dalda which I consider as highly unhealthy and so I substituted it with unsalted butter. The rest of the recipe remains the same.
Marie Biscuit
Recipe: (Makes for 4 people)
1 Marie Biscuit packet (12 nos)
4 - 5 tbsp of unsalted butter
1 tbsp Cocoa powder
Sugar as per taste
1 tbsp Instant coffee powder
A couple of tbsp of milk
Mix the coffee powder and a little sugar in the milk to make a slightly loose paste. Dip each biscuit into this mixture so that each biscuit has a decent coating and stack one on top of the other. Blend butter, some sugar as per taste for sweetness and cocoa powder. Apply this mixture evenly on all four sides of the stacked biscuits. Cover it with an aluminum foil and refrigerate for at least 2 hours. Then cut in an angle so that the coffee mixture lines in between the biscuits are seen as shown in the image. Serve as is or with a scoop of Vanilla ice-cream. I bet this will be a crowd pleaser in your next party. Enjoy.
Slices of Marie Biscuit dessert
February 19, 2008 at 10:19 pm
this is so yummy
February 19, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Wow, I was thinking about this recipe just 2 days back. I remember seeing this in doordarshan long long time ago. I was trying to recollect how to stack the marie biscuits. And was surprised to see this here. Thanks a lot. I will be making this soon. They are looking so lovely…
February 20, 2008 at 2:38 am
awesome!! i am not particularly fond of marie biscuits, but this i am more than willing to try!!
February 20, 2008 at 5:44 am
I couldnt resist commenting. Very innovative and I’m tempted to try this out. I should say that I’m one of the regular visitors of your blog. The pictures are so good and encourages people to try! I’ve tried many recipes of yours with little variations as per my cooking style. All are good. Keep posting new recipes!
February 20, 2008 at 8:23 am
the pic’s look beautiful and tempting. even i love marie biscuits.will surely try these.
February 20, 2008 at 8:40 am
Hi
Love the recipe.
Thanks for sharing.
vineela
February 20, 2008 at 9:57 am
Loved the strips. and looks easy too. Love marie biscuits so this is a must try.
February 20, 2008 at 6:21 pm
what an innovative use of Marie biscuits, and the result looks beautiful. Sounds delicious too!
February 20, 2008 at 8:08 pm
oh wow!!! This dessert looks fab… bookmarked!!! I posted a recipe w/ marie biscuit too yesterday!!
February 21, 2008 at 11:21 am
Hi , I remember I had tried this receipe when I was back in School in India. Since then haven’t made it. Thanks for reminding! I’ll try it soon!
Nidhi
February 21, 2008 at 9:09 pm
All your receipes are very simple, easy to make & appealing to the eyes& taste buds too. Very good job…Cooking is made very appealing & intersting by you!
February 25, 2008 at 4:19 am
Hey Priya…this turned out really delicious..but next time am going to skip butter and try strawberry sauce covering:)Awesome! Thanks for sharing. will look forward to more of such ‘quick’ and ‘easy’ desserts on the blog!
February 25, 2008 at 8:22 pm
I remember seeing this and making it a couple of times after that..then completely forgot it, thanks for reminding and sharing
March 12, 2008 at 4:29 am
home made biscuits.. wow!! cant wait to try this out.
March 21, 2008 at 8:52 am
The marie biscuit recipe just sounds amazing.. cool close to home concept..
March 27, 2008 at 11:08 am
These look so pretty! I have seen them on nag’s blog before
just one question, after coating the entire stack in cocoa mixture, how can I cover it with foil?? won’t the coating stick on the foil instead of on the biscuits??
April 8, 2008 at 12:11 pm
I am not clear on how to cut this?
Please let me know. I plan to make it this weekend.
Thanks,
Bina
April 8, 2008 at 12:17 pm
Hi Bin,
Once you have the marie biscuit covered with butter/cocoa mixture and refrigerated as per the recipe, place it on a cutting board. Then cut it as per my vague picture below.
Suppose the following is the block of marie biscuit after the recipe.
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Cut it from the angle of \ as below. This should give you the beautiful lines of butter & coffee mixture when cut. I hope this helps.
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April 8, 2008 at 12:18 pm
Hi Bin,
Once you have the marie biscuit covered with butter/cocoa mixture and refrigerated as per the recipe, place it on a cutting board. Then cut it as per my vague picture below.
Suppose the following is the block of marie biscuit after the recipe.
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Cut it from the angle of \ as below. This should give you the beautiful lines of butter & coffee mixture when cut. I hope this helps.
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April 8, 2008 at 12:38 pm
yes, that makes it clear. I thought that’s what it was, but wanted to make sure! I’m planning to make this and the stuffed pablano peppers! Looking fwd to having it.
April 8, 2008 at 12:42 pm
I am sure you are going to love it Bin. Just make sure that when buy the Poblano pepper, they are really big so that when you slit it for stuffing, it doesn’t tear while stuffing as there is only little room to stuff.
April 8, 2008 at 12:45 pm
do you also know about the marie biscuit choco/coconut rolls that turn out like a 2 color cashew pista roll… just brown and white.. becoz the marrie biscuit is crushed and a dough is made with milk… ? I don’t know exactly how to make it.. but i’ve had it and it tastes really good, too