AUSSIE MELTING MOMENTS
There seems to be 2 types of biscuits/cookies that go under this name. These are the Australian version, old-fashioned meltingly soft buttery shortbreads sandwiched together with a butter icing. This recipe came from Super Food Ideas, and it is perfect.
Provided by catxx
Categories Dessert
Time 30m
Yield 20 cookies
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 160 deg Celsius Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
- Beat butter, icing sugar/mixture and vanilla essence with an electric mixer until pale and creamy.
- Sift together flour and cornflour, and add to the butter mixture.
- Mix together gently with a wooden spoon, and then with your hands.
- Use lightly floured hands to roll mix into walnut-sized balls.
- Put on trays about 5cm apart, and flatten with a lightly floured fork to about 1cm thick.
- Bake for about 15 minutes, swapping trays in oven halfway through (ie. at 7 minutes), until cooked through.
- Cool on baking trays.
- Filling: Use an electric mixer to beat butter, icing sugar/mixture and cocoa together until well-combined.
- Sandwich cooled biscuits together with the filling then lightly dust with icing sugar.
- Vary the filling flavour by substituting the cocoa with one of the following:.
- grated rind of 1 orange.
- grated rind of 1 lemon.
- 1 tbsp of passionfruit pulp.
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Garrett Walters
wg15@gmail.comI love the way these cookies look. They're so delicate and pretty.
Romeo Khanz
rk@hotmail.comThese cookies are the perfect gift for any occasion.
Mohau Nyenye
m_n@aol.comI like to add a bit of chocolate chips to these cookies for extra flavor.
Brandon Taylor
brandon-t@yahoo.comThese cookies are a great way to use up leftover egg whites.
Eula Shunterria Alston
e-a54@yahoo.comI followed the recipe exactly, but my cookies didn't turn out as well as I hoped. They were a bit dry.
Aashish Sunar
aashishsunar@yahoo.comThese cookies are a bit too sweet for my taste, but they're still pretty good.
Jay Lefebvre
ljay17@gmail.comI'm not a baker, but these cookies were surprisingly easy to make. I'm definitely going to make them again.
M Afzal
a@gmail.comThese cookies are the perfect treat for any occasion. I've made them for birthdays, holidays, and even just because.
Imtiaz Ahmed Imtiaz Ahmed email address
ia@yahoo.comI love how these cookies melt in your mouth. They're so light and fluffy.
Darren Samlal
s.d@aol.comThese cookies are so addictive! I can't stop eating them.
Kaytrell Thomas
kaytrell_t7@yahoo.comI'm not a huge fan of sweets, but these cookies are an exception. They're the perfect balance of sweet and savory.
Iqbal Jahangir
ijahangir79@gmail.comI've been making these cookies for years, and they're always a favorite. They're so easy to make, and they always turn out perfectly.
Akintaju Isreal
akintaju@hotmail.comThese cookies were a hit at my last party! Everyone loved them.