Yum Yum Yo Yo Biscuits

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 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)
• 60 g butter, softened, preferably unsalted
• 1 1/2 cups icing sugar
• pink food coloring (optional)

Recipe

• 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 180°c/350°-375°f/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.