Yum Yum Yo Yo Biscuits

• 150 g butter, preferably unsalted
• 4 tablespoons icing sugar
• 1 cup self-raising flour, sifted
• 1/2 cup custard powder, sifted
• 1/8 cup slivered almonds (optional)
• Butter Cream
• 60 g butter, softened, preferably unsalted
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
• pink food coloring (optional)

1. Cream the butter and icing sugar until light and fluffy; add the sifted self-raising flour and custard powder and mix to a firm dough; fold in the slivered almonds (if using).
2. Taking a teaspoonful of the mixture, roll into balls and place onto a baking paper lined oven tray; press lightly with the back of a fork (see TIP below) and bake in a preheated oven at 180u0b0C/350u0b0-375u0b0F/4-5 gas mark for 10-12 minutes.
3. Make the butter cream by beating the butter and icing sugar together until the mixture is light and fluffy; add 1-2 drops of food colouring (if using) to make the cream pale pink; join the biscuits together with butter cream.
4. TIP: When making the pattern with the fork, dip the fork in plain flour to prevent it sticking to the biscuit mixture.

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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/yum-yum-yo-yo-biscuits-386662 (may not work)