Melting Moments

I simple adore the name of these little treats and its true they do melt in your mouth.
Lovely crumbly biscuits filled with jam and buttercream.

I came across the recipe for these on Edd Kimbers Blog, winner of the first series of the The Great British Bake Off (my favourite programme, I love it!.)

The recipe looked easy and the results delicious so I thought id give them a go. The only difference is I halved the recipe so it only makes 6 not 12, obviously double if you want more!

They came out light, crumbly, buttery and yummy.

Ingredients:
For the biscuits-

• 125g unsalted butter
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• 125g plain flour
• 40g icing sugar
• 20g custard powder
• pinch of salt

For the filling-

• 50g unsalted butter
• 100g icing sugar
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
• dash of milk
• 6 tsp raspberry jam

Preheat your oven to 160c and line 2 baking trays with baking paper.

In a large bowl cream the butter with the vanilla until light and creamy.

Sift in all the dry ingredients, mix with a spoon to start with then finish with your hands to form a dough.

Take little balls of the dough, roll into balls with your hands and place 2 inches apart on the baking tray.

I weighed each one, like Edd, so they were all the same and they were 20g each.

Press down lightly on each with a floured fork.

Place both trays in the oven for 20-25 minutes.

They should be light golden in colour once baked.

Leave to cool for 5 minutes on the tray and then transfer them to a cooling rack to cool completely before filling.

For the filling, beat the butter until it is very light in colour then mix in the icing sugar, vanilla extract and milk.

Fill a piping bag with the buttercream and pipe around the edge of half the biscuits, then fill the middle with the teaspoon of jam. Then sandwich on the other biscuits and dust with icing sugar!