Double-decker biscuits
Preparation Time: 10 Minutes
Cook Time: 8 - 10 minutes
Serves: Makes about 24 double
A favourite tea-time snack
Ingredients
250g butter or margarine, softened
125ml (100 g) sugar
625ml (350 g) Snowflake cake flour
Filling
125ml (165 g) smooth apricot jam
Condensed milk icing
½ can about (200 g) condensed milk
15ml milk
375ml (200 g) icing sugar, sifted
6 red glace cherries, quartered
Method
- Cream butter and sugar together. Sift flour and add. Mix well to a soft dough.
- Roll out dough on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of about 3 mm. Cut into round or square shapes of about 6 cm in diameter. Place onto greased baking trays.
- Bake in a preheated oven at 180 °C for 8 - 10 minutes. Turn onto wire racks to cool.
- Filling: Sandwich two biscuits together with jam.
- Icing: Beat condensed milk, milk and icing sugar together until smooth and thick. Spoon on top of biscuits or drizzle. Decorate with cherries.
