Biscuit Tin , Cream

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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? Measure the icing sugar, butter, custard powder and vanilla extract out and add them to a mixing bowl or free-standing mixer. Add a splash of milk. 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.

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? Get your kids to measure out the flour and custard powder and add them to your mixing bowl. Mix it all in, so it comes together nicely in a ball of biscuit dough.Cream together the butter, icing sugar, custard powder, vanilla and milk. Beat until smooth, pale and the consistency of spreadable butter. 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 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 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. 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.Step Two: Pour in the milk and vanilla and bring together into a dough. Remove the bowl from the mixer and knead the dough gently in the bowl with your hands. Flatten the dough into a disc but take care not to overwork it. Cover the dough with clingfilm and put it in the fridge to chill for one hour.

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. 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. Mix the egg white and vanilla into your creamed butter/sugar mixture. Add the flour and custard powderThere is something very satisfying about mastering a classic biscuit recipe like the beloved Custard Cream. Once you know how easy it is to make one of the nation's favourite biscuits at home you can whip up a batch (or two) and keep them stashed in your biscuit tin. British classic Leave to completely cool before spreading the buttercream and sandwiching the biscuits together otherwise they might break. When all the egg white or as much of it as possible has been removed from the yolk, tip the egg yolk into your mixing bowl.