Berry cute melting moments
These berry cute melting moments are as pretty as they are delicious. Buttery, melt-in-your-mouth biscuits sandwiched with a sweet berry filling—they’re perfect for gifting, afternoon tea, or a fun weekend bake with the kids.
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Servings: 22
Calories: 164kcal
Ingredients
Biscuits
- 200 g butter
- 2 teaspoon vanilla bean paste
- ⅓ cup caster superfine sugar
- 1 ½ cups plain AP flour
- ½ cup rice or cornflour
Filling
- 50 g 2oz butter, softened
- ⅓ cup icing confectioner's sugar
- ½ cup strawberry or raspberry jam
- Extra icing sugar for dusting
Instructions
Biscuits
- Pre-heat the oven to 130C (265F) fan-forced and line two baking trays with baking paper.
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter, vanilla and caster sugar together for 5 minutes.
- Scrape down the bowl and the beater and beat for another 30 seconds.
- Add the flours and mix them through slowly until a dough forms.
- Using two level teaspoons of dough at a time, roll it into balls and flatten slightly then place on the oven trays leaving 2cm between each one.
- Gently press each one with the back of a fork to make a pretty indent
- Bake for 15 minutes or until firm but not quite golden.
- Leave to rest on the trays for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
Filling
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat the butter until pale and creamy.
- Add the icing sugar and beat until the mixture is really fluffy and white.
- When the biscuits have cooled, spread one half with icing and the other half with jam and sandwich them together.
- Dust with icing sugar to serve
Nutrition
Calories: 164kcal | Carbohydrates: 19g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.4g | Cholesterol: 24mg | Sodium: 76mg | Potassium: 25mg | Fiber: 0.5g | Sugar: 9g | Vitamin A: 284IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 9mg | Iron: 0.5mg
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