Custard Biscuits
250g butter
1 cup castor sugar
1 cup custard powder
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
2 1/2 -3 cups cake flour (sifted)
1 teaspoon baking powderCream butter and sugar.
Beat in eggs &vanilla.
Stir in custard powder and mix well.
Add flour and baking powder and mixto a soft, manageable dough. Pipe into finger shapes.
Bake @ 180*C for 12 mins till golden. Cool completely.
To decorate biscuits
Dip ends of biscuits in melted chocolate and sprinkle ends with gold dust, chopped nuts, etc
Royal cream biscuits
250g butter or margarine ½ cup icing sugar, sifted ½ tsp almond essence 2 cups cake flour, sifted ½ cup Maizena (corn starch/flour), sifted
Method
Preheat the oven to 160 degrees Celsius.
Beat the butter/margarine and icing sugar until light and creamy.
Add the almond essence, flour and maizena gradually, mixing after each addition until the dough is soft yet pliable.
Break the dough into little walnut-sized balls and shape into small rectangular pieces about 3mm high.
Using a fork, make an indentation into each biscuit.
Bake for approximately 20 to 30 minutes until golden brown.
LC ...xxx
Enjoy