Wednesday, October 31, 2012

Vanilla (and Chocolate) Kisses


A simple, gorgeous little treat that's sure to impress!  You can spice these up with some flavour variations - my suggestions are at the bottom of the recipe.  But most importantly - what did Liam & Robbie think?  Listen to their controversial verdict in the Family Show Taste Test below!

Ingredients
125g butter, softened
1/2 cup caster sugar
1egg
1/3 cup plain flour
1/4 cup self-raising flour
2/3 cup corn flour
1/4 cup custard powder

Vienna cream
60g butter, softened
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
3/4 cup icing sugar
2 teaspoons milk

Method
Preheat oven to 200 degrees Celsius (180 fan-forced). Line oven trays with baking paper.

Beat butter, sugar and egg in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy. Stir in sifted dry ingredients, in two batches.

Spoon mixture into piping bag fitted with 1cm-fluted tube. Pipe 3cm rosettes on trays, about 3cm apart.

Bake biscuits about 10 minutes; cool on trays.

Make Vienna cream: beat butter and extract in small bowl with electric mixer until as white as possible; gradually beat in sifted icing sugar and milk, in two batches.

Sandwich biscuits with Vienna cream (I like to pipe it on).

Variations: mix 2 tablespoons cocoa with 2 tablespoons water and add to mixture at the end. Flavour Vienna cream with essence like strawberry, coconut or peppermint instead of vanilla.


How did Liam & Robbie rate them?  Here's the Family Show Taste Test:

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