Yo-Yo Biscuits

11 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • 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

Directions

  1. 1
    Preheat oven to 170°C.
  2. 2
    Cream butter and icing sugar until light. Add sifted flour and custard powder. Mix well until forms into smooth dough.
  3. 3
    Roll dough into logs and cut it up into small pieces same size about 30g each.You should have about 24 pieces.
  4. 4
    Form into balls and place on tray and press with a fork.
  5. 5
    Bake for about 15 minutes. They should be very pale almost no color.
  6. 6
    Tip: Don't over bake them they will be dry.
  7. 7
    For butter-cream:
  8. 8
    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.
  9. 9
    When biscuits are cooled join together with butter cream.
  10. 10
    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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