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Yoyo cookies from New Zealand
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Yoyo biscuits

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Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Total Time30 minutes
Course: cookies, Dessert, sweet
Cuisine: New Zealand
Servings: 26 - 28 cookies before joining

Ingredients

For The Cookies:

  • 175 g Butter
  • 30 g Icing Sugar (Powdered Sugar) 1/4 cup
  • 1/4 tsp Vanilla Essence
  • 200 g All-purpose flour 1½ cups
  • 40 g Custard Powder 1/4 cup

For The Filling:

  • 50 g Butter at room temperature 3½ Tbsp
  • 60 g Icing Sugar (Powdered Sugar) ½ cup
  • 2½ Tbsp Custard Powder

Instructions

For The Cookies:

  • Heat the oven to 180°C (350°F ).
  • Cream the butter and sugar until fluffy.
  • Add the vanilla essence and beat in.
  • Sift the dry ingredients together. Mix them into the butter mixture.
  • Form balls a little smaller than walnut size and place on a cookie tray lined with baking paper.
  • Dip a fork in water and press the cookies flat.
  • Bake for 15 - 18 minutes until hard to the touch.
  • Allow to cool completely on a wire rack.

For The Filling:

  • Beat the ingredients together in a bowl.
  • Spread one cookie with the filling and join it to another cookie of a similar size.
  • Allow the filling in the yoyo cookies to set a little before eating.