Take a trip down memory-lane this Christmas

Treat your taste buds to a trip down memory lane with these delicious old-fashion custard cookies.

Preparation time: 20 min

Cooking time: 12 min

What will you need:

For the cookie dough:

• 175g of butter (at room temperature)
• 1/2 cup of icing sugar
• 1 tsp of vanilla essence
• 1 egg
• 1 cup of cake flour
• 3/4 cup of custard powder
• 1/2 cup of corn flour
• 1/2 tsp of baking powder
• 1/4 tsp of salt

For the custard butter icing:

• 1 cup of icing sugar
• 3 Tbs of custard powder
• 100g of butter (room temperature)
• 1 tsp of vanilla essence
• 1 Tbs of water

What to do next:

For the cookies:

Preheat the oven to 180 °C.

Use a mixer to beat the butter and sugar together until light and creamy.

Add the vanilla and eggs and beat until well combined.

Replace beater attachment with hook attachment.

Add the remaining ingredients and mix until well combined and a stiff dough is formed.

It may be a bit sticky, just pat with flour when removing from the mixing bowl.

Line a large baking tray with baking paper.

Roll the dough into 60 x half teaspoon size balls – make sure they all all the same size.

Use a small fork and press them with a fork.

Dust the fork with flour to prevent sticking.

Bake for +/- 12 minutes.

Allow to cool on a cooling rack.

Once cooled, sandwich 2 cookies together with a bit of butter icing, continue with the rest.

For the custard butter icing:

Place all the ingredients into a mixer, beat over high speed until well combined, light and fluffy.

combine and serve.

Recipe: Bits of Carey.