This weekend I was caught up with the baking bug and so ended up making some Melting Moments. What are they? Two delicious shortbread biscuits sandwiched together with a sweet vanilla butter cream. What more do I need to say? I tried two batches, one with plenty of vanilla and the other, substituting lemon juice and lots of lemon zest to give them just the right amount of citrus twist.
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Read on for the recipe.
Ingredients (biscuits):
- 175g self raising flour
- 125g cornflour
- 50g icing sugar
- 225g butter, cut into cubes
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Ingredients (butter cream):
- 100g icing sugar
- 25g softened butter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Place the dry ingredients (self raising flour, cornflour, icing sugar) into a blender and process til smooth. Add the butter and vanilla and mix until it comes together – it should be a rather wet dough-like mixture. Roll into small balls the size of a large marble and place these onto a baking tray, pushing each down with the back the fork. Bake in a preheated 160 degree oven for 10-15 until still pale. Remove and cool on a wire rack.
For the butter cream, beat the icing sugar, butter and vanilla extract until you it comes to a light creamy mixtures. Sandwich the biscuits together with the butter cream.