Monte Carlos

Monte Carlos

poniedziałek, 27 stycznia 2014

Monte Carlos

Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 185 g butter
• 1/2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1/4 cups self-raising flour
• 3/4 cup plain flour
• 1/2 cup coconut
• raspberry jam or other jam

Directions

• 1 Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add the egg and vanilla and beat well.
• 2 Add sifted dry ingredients and coconut, mix well.
• 3 Roll teaspoonfuls of mixture into balls, shape into ovals and place on lightly greased oven trays, rough up the surface with the back of a fork.
• 4 Bake in a moderate oven 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• 5 Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
• 6 Put a teaspoon of jam in the centre of half the bisuits (cookies) and a teaspoon of prepared filling in centre of other half of biscuits (cookies).
• 7 Press the two halves gently together.
• 8 Filling:.
• 9 Cream butter and sifted icing sugar until light and fluffy, add the vanilla, add the milk gradually, beating well.