Yo-Yo Biscuits
- For biscuits
- 185 g butter, softened
- 75 g icing sugar
- 225 g plain flour
- 75 g custard powder or 75 g cornstarch
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- For butter cream
- 130 g butter, softened
- 165 g icing sugar
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 1 teaspoon lemon zest
- Preheat oven to 170u0b0C.
- Cream butter and icing sugar until light. Add sifted flour and custard powder. Mix well until forms into smooth dough.
- Roll dough into logs and cut it up into small pieces same size about 30g each.You should have about 24 pieces.
- Form into balls and place on tray and press with a fork.
- Bake for about 15 minutes. They should be very pale almost no color.
- Tip: Don't over bake them they will be dry.
- For butter-cream:
- With electric mixer whip the softened butter with icing sugar until light and fluffy. Add lemon juice and zest and more or less up to your taste.
- When biscuits are cooled join together with butter cream.
- Tip: If you prefer chocolate butter cream omit lemon juice and zest and add 2 tablespoons cocoa powder and 1tsp. vanilla extract.
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Taken from www.food.com/recipe/yo-yo-biscuits-437806 (may not work)