This is a classic teatime treat. Very easy and quick to make, they do justice to their name.
When I was younger, I used to love making biscuits. I had several recipes and would make batch after batch every weekend. Nowadays the thought of rolling small portions of dough really discourages me. I love biscuits and I had to find a way of making the process less ‘painful’. It was when I discovered that this recipe is pipeable! And, of course, I used a disposable piping bag 🙂
MELTING MOMENTS
(simplified from Mary-Anne Boerman’s blog)
INGREDIENTS
250g unsalted butter, softened
60g icing sugar, sifted
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
250g plain flour, sifted
60g cornflour
METHOD
Line two baking trays with parchment paper.
Cream butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Mix in the vanilla extract. Add flour and cornflour and mix just until combined.
Spoon the dough into a piping bag fitted with a large star nozzle (I used Winton’s 6B) and pipe the biscuits onto the baking trays. Place the trays in the freezer for about 20 minutes.
Meanwhile preheat oven to 180°C.
Bake the biscuits for 12 minutes or until pale golden. Leave for a few minutes on the baking sheet to set slightly before transferring to a wire rack to cool.
NOTE: You can serve them as they are or: sprinkle them with a little icing sugar; or sandwich them with clotted cream and jam; or dip them in melted chocolate. These are only a few ideas, tell me if you have others 😉
tea with erika 
There are too many things on your blog that I want to try!! Could you recommend a specific one that you love? Perhaps something biscuitesk!
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Oh, Sophie, I’m really partial to shortbread and scones! Everybody loves my Quick and Easy Swiss Roll – a Swiss roll that’s virtually foolproof! – and the Parmesan Shortbread so it’s a good start. Let me know if you make any of them, ok? 🙂
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Wow thanks! Parmesan Shortbread is on the cards as I just bought some today! I’ll let you know how it goes 😀
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Awh! Brilliant, I’ve been looking for a new bake! They look wonderful.
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Thank you so much!
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These are so adorable! I love the taste of simple cookies.
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Thanks, Shae! Simple sometimes is all we need!
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I love melting moments – so buttery & decadent. Gorge photos, too.
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Thank you, HM! And thanks for visiting and taking the time to comment 🙂
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What a gorgeous recipe my friend, I want to devour these beautiful cookies 😀
Cheers
CCU
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Aww, thanks, dear! Piping them instead of rolling makes them so much prettier, doesn’t it?!
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It definitely does 😀
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What pretty cookies! I especially love the ones that you’ve sandwiched together! Beautiful!
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I like the backdrop too ; )
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This tea towel dates back to 1992!
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Beautiful! Dainty little beauties! Definitely an ideal tea snack…putting this on the to do list!!
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Thanks, Tracey! They’re really quick and easy to make.
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Erika Darling, Who eats all these beautiful creative sweets you make? How far do you live from me/S.F.? 😛
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Every Friday we host a game club (TGIF – Tabletop Gaming Fridays), so I share most of my bakings 🙂 I wish we lived near each other so I could invite you for tea every week! Maybe you’ll choose Rio for your next destination… 😉
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Rio!? We were there in 2012, Feb 15~18 for 4 days. We ate at Marius, we ate huge 17cm prawns, saw all the landmarks and were at the Carnival!
You and I live at the two ends of the globe. Too far. 😦 I guess I just have to bake your recipes, have them with tea, and look at the photos of our days in Rio. 😉
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I missed you by 13 months then 😦
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Wowza! These look so pretty and delicate! Yummy! 🙂
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Thanks so much, Charlotte!
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Esses ainda não comi. Mas parecem deliciosos.
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Thank you!
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