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Biscuit Tin , Cream

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Roll small pieces of dough (the size of a walnut or teaspoon’s worth) into round balls. Place on your prepared baking trays, leaving space between them for spreading. I find it works best if I give the kids the right amount of dough, and they roll it, otherwise the biscuits all end up different sizes. Press the biscuits down a little with your hands or a fork. If your kids are too young to help rolling the balls, this is a great step for them to help with instead. Or if you have more than one child helping you, give one the job of rolling the balls while the other does the flattening.

The Custard Cream Biscuit Tin is the ideal gift for that someone that loves a biccy with their hourly cuppa. The tin itself looks like a giant Custard Cream, and is reusable. Kids can also help sandwich two biscuits together with the cream icing filling. It’s a fun job, that even if your children haven’t helped make the biscuits, can do. How do you store custard creams? Fit an electric mixer with the paddle attachment and sift the flour, baking powder, custard powder and icing sugar into the bowl. Mix to combine then add in the cubed butter and mix until the ingredients look like fine sand. Using the k-paddle of your mixer, a hand held mixer or wooden spoons, beat the butter and sugar until it is nice and smooth.

How to make Custard Creams

Step One: Fit an electric mixer with the paddle attachment and sift the flour, baking powder, custard powder and icing sugar into the bowl. Mix to combine then add in the cubed butter and mix until the ingredients look like fine sand.

Step One: Make the filling by creaming together the butter, icing sugar, custard powder, vanilla and milk. Beat until smooth and pale - when it's ready it should be the consistency of spreadable butter. The biscuits themselves are one of the simplest things you can make with your kids. Once you’ve measured and mixed all the ingredients to make the biscuit dough your kids can help roll pieces in their hands to make the biscuits and press them down with a fork. Custard Creams can be easily shaped by hand. Follow the simple steps below for delicious bite-sized biscuits. Custard creams are one of the UK’s most popular biscuits. A buttery, vanilla flavoured biscuit sandwiched together with a custard flavoured buttercream. They’ve been around for over one hundred years, and are easy to find in any supermarket.Mix the egg white and vanilla into your creamed butter/sugar mixture. Add the flour and custard powder Note: You can easily do this by hand using your fingertips to rub the butter into the flour mixture. Follow Steps One to Three above: To shape the Custard Creams break off walnut-sized pieces from the dough and roll each piece into a ball.

Using a hand held mixer or the k-paddle of your free-standing mixer, mix the icing together. Start very slowly and put a clean tea towel over the top if you can, to stop it getting too messy. Once the icing sugar has mixed in, you can turn the speed up and leave it mixing for a few minutes until it is nice and fluffy. Icing Sugar (Confectioner's Sugar - US): Used for its very fine texture and because it dissolves without leaving any grain.Now, add the vanilla. If your kids are still quite young, you might need to hold the spoon while they pour in the vanilla or vice versa. Older children should be able to do this themselves. Custard creams are a great recipe for kids to help with. There are a lot of easy steps that even young children or toddlers can get involved with.

These biscuits will keep in an air tight container for 3-5 days. If you want to keep them for longer, you can freeze them, either before you’ve added the icing, or after. Wrap them individually in cling film / glad wrap and pop them in a freezer bag. Once frozen, they’ll keep for a few months. The traditional biscuit has an elaborate design printed on them. It’s possible to find biscuit presses to make these but our version is much simpler, although still delicious. How can kids help to make custard creams? Step Two: Using a palette knife or butter knife spread over a layer of buttercream onto half the biscuits. Next, pair up the biscuits with another half that is roughly the same size and shape (as they will vary slightly). Sandwich the two halves together gently. Top Tips Homemade British classic Custard Creams are a million times better than anything you can buy in the shops. They are so light with an incredible texture that really does melt in your mouth.

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If you don’t have any self raising flour (it’s popular here in the UK, but less so in other countries), you can swap it for an equal amount of plain or all-purpose flour and add 1 ½ teaspoons of baking powder and a pinch of salt. What other easy biscuits can I make? Jump to Recipe Custard creams Custard creams are a classic biscuit in the UK. They’re a delicious crumbly biscuit sandwiched with custard flavoured buttercream icing, and this easy recipe means you can make them at home.

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