Calories 110 Sodium 0 mg
Total Fat 5 g Potassium 0 mg
Saturated 3 g Total Carbs 14 g
Polyunsaturated 0 g Dietary Fiber 1 g
Monounsaturated 0 g Sugars 8 g
Trans 0 g Protein 1 g
Cholesterol 0 mg
Vitamin A 0% Calcium 0%
Vitamin C 0% Iron 0%
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Baking time: 10-15 minutes
Makes: 12 Circle shaped biscuits
Basic biscuit recipe
1 1/2 cup (375ml) flour
1/2 cup (125ml) cornflour
1/2 cup (125ml) icing sugar
1 tsp (5ml) vanilla essence
3/4 cup (180ml) butter
Approx. 2 tbs (30ml) strawberry jams for the centers
Method
1. Take the Bowl and mix flour, cornflour and icing sugar together.
2. Add vanilla essence and knead in with butter to form a soft biscuit dough.
3. Roll out on a lightly floured surface into 1 cm thick rectangle.
4. Cut out circle shapes with a biscuit cutter or if you don't have biscuit cutter, you can use small steel bowl to cut or any other shape as desired and place on a lightly greased baking tray.
5. Bake in a preheated moderate oven at 180c or 350 F for about 10-15 minutes or until the biscuits are light golden brown underneath.
6. Allow to cool and sandwich together with strawberry jam.
7. Spread the tops with glaze icing, which will harden as the icing sets.
For the glaze icing
1/2 cup (125ml) sifted icing sugar
A drop of pick colour
2 tsp (10ml) water
Mix all the ingredients together to form a smooth paste.
