Custard Biscuits

These are the ideal little biscuits for a teatime treat and can be packaged in a cookie jar as a special homemade gift. These biscuits have a crumbly texture and just melt in your mouth. I remember my favourite part as a kid was rubbing the butter into the flour mixture! These biscuits don't spread when they bake so this recipe can also be used for shape biscuits in place of the usual sugar cookie recipe. You can also add in jelly tots for a fun twist your kids will love!

Ingredients:

• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 cup custard powder
• 3 cups flour
• 350g softened margarine

Directions:

• Preheat oven to 180°
• Sift the first 3 ingredients into a bowl
• Drop little blobs of the butter all over the flour mixture.
• Rub the butter into the flour with your fingers. The mixture will slowly start to form a dough. (This is the part your kids can help with!)
• When you can compress it into a ball then it's ready. You can either roll the dough out and cut shapes with a cookie cutter or roll it into little balls and squash them down with a fork. 
• Place on baking paper on a tray and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.

Now sit down, relax and have some tea and biscuits!

Keep it cooking,
Kelly