FATIMAS MELTING MOMENTS BISCUITS
1 cup of icing sugar
¾ cup of veg oil
500 g of room temperature butter ( not too soft)
4½ cups of cake-flour plus extra if necessary
With electric mixer whisk butter until creamy, add oil and mix for a further 2 minutes, Add icing sugar and whisk again for a few minutes until stiff and creamy. Add flour, mix with hand until dough is formed, the dough will be very soft. Add a ½ cup of flour (or more) if its too soft and sticks too much to your hand.Use star nozzle to pipe. Keep the nozzle vertical and press down on to cookie sheet pan that has been greased with some butter. Bake 10mins at 190ºC. Cool totaly – melt chocolate, spoon on .
Makes about 120 biscuits .
If your biscuit bakes flat – too little flour or you used a margarine with too much water ratio to fat, another reason would be not whisking the butter long enough to create air bubbles . Try to use butter only , if the butter is out of your budget, use a margarine with a 70% fat content.
Dip in melted chocolate and nuts. Add smarties. Be creative .
An old granny tip – Take only the nozzle and press the dough inside and let it fill over – keep in one palm of your hand, take the thumb of your other hand and press the dough through keeping the nozzle down on your baking tray . Practice makes perfect .
Delicious !!!
Recipe: Cape Malay Cooking with Fatima Sydow
Picture: Ulrecka Joshua and Noleen Cathereen
