Ingredients

The following ingredients have 25 Servings
  • 250 gram unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup (80g) icing (confectioners') sugar
  • 1 1/2 cup (225g) plain (all-purpose) flour
  • 1/2 cup (75g) cornflour (cornstarch)
  • 90 gram unsalted butter, softened
  • 3/4 cup (120g) icing (confectioners') sugar
  • 1 tablespoon raspberry jam
  • 45 gram raspberries
  • 1/2 cup (80g) icing (confectioners') sugar

Instruction

  • Preheat oven to 160°C/325°F.
  • Line oven trays with baking paper.
  • Beat butter, extract and sifted icing sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy.
  • Transfer mixture to large bowl. Stir in sifted flours, in two batches. With floured hands, roll rounded teaspoons of mixture into balls; place about 2.5cm apart on trays.
  • Flatten slightly with a floured fork. Bake biscuits about 15 minutes. Cool on trays.
  • Meanwhile, make raspberry butter cream: beat butter and sifted icing sugar in small bowl with electric mixer until light and fluffy; fold in jam, for marbled effect.
  • Next make raspberry icing: push raspberries through fine sieve into small bowl; discard seeds. Stir in sifted icing sugar.
  • Sandwich biscuits with raspberry butter cream; top with raspberry icing.