Something for Eid!!!

Hello everyone out there; Eid Mubarak!!! Taqaballah mina wa minka (Amin)

Today I have got something fantastic for you called MELTING MOMENTS; although a bit fatty but never mind it is Eid so let's feel free to indulge for once we only celebrate Eid-Fitri once in a year; we can think about losing the extra fat later.

I got this recipe from ‘theboywhobakes.co.uk’ then decided to try it adding my own twist and it tasted so yummy…I mean it's the best thing since the creation of slice bread; so yummy, so buttery, so rich ;) you just don't want it to finish.

You don't have to be expert to make this fantastic cookie. They can be made in almost any flavour that springs to your mind, try adding vanilla paste or chocolate instead of orange. Get your Apron and off we go to the kitchen. You can thank me later.

Ingredients

For the biscuit: - 250g unsalted butter, room temperature

                          Zest of one orange

                         2tsp orange juice

                         250g Plain flour

                         85g icing sugar

                         40g custard Powder

                         1/4 tsp of salt

For the filling: - 75g unsalted butter, room temperature

                          150g icing sugar

                          2tsp orange juice

                           Pinch of salt

                           Orange marmalade/ strawberry jam/ raspberry jam

·         Preheat the oven to 160C (140C fan, 325F, Gas 3) and line two baking trays with parchment papers

·         Place butter, orange zest and juice in a bowl and beat together till smooth and creamy

·         Sift the remaining ingredients and mix together in a bowl either with hand, mixer or wooden spoon until you form a uniform dough

·         Using your hand, roll the dough into small balls about 20g each (I weigh this) and place onto the prepared trays leaving space between them

·         Dip a fork inside flour and press it onto the centre of each biscuit leaving an indent

·         Bake the biscuit in the centre of the preheated oven for 20 - 25minutes or until uniformly coloured. It should not be brown around the edges

To confirm they are fully baked, there should be uniform golden colour across the base when a biscuit is flipped over. If there is a darker, almost damp looking patch in the middle pop them back into the oven and bake for a few minutes

Allow the biscuit to cool on a baking tray for five minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely

Whilst the biscuit is cooling make the buttercream. Place the butter into a large bowl and beat until smooth and creamy. Slowly add the icing sugar little at a time, beating until fully combined. Add the orange juice and salt and beat together until light and fluffy

To assemble the biscuits place the buttercream into a piping bag with a small plain nozzle, pipe a circle of buttercream around the edge of half the biscuit (you can use a spoon if you don’t have a piping bag) fill the hole left behind with some jam or marmalade then top with a second biscuit. 

They will keep for about five days in a sealed container

ENJOY YOUR BISCUIT!!!