Valentine's Day Recipe - Belgian Biscuits

 

Not long to go now until Valentine's day is here.

This week's recipe is a biscuit recipe that my grandmother used to make for us when we were children growing up in New Zealand.

Normally they are made using circle cutters but I decided to use my linzer biscuit shapes as I am planning on giving them as gifts for Valentine's day.

For the icing I am not a fan of food coloring so used some raspberry juice to achieve a delicate pale pink color.

INGREDIENTS

125g butter, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1 tablespoon golden syrup

1 egg

1 1/2 cups flour

3/4 cup cornflour

2 teaspoons cocoa

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1 teaspoon mixed spice

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 cup icing sugar

2 teaspoons butter, melted

hot water

drop of red food colouring *

1/4 cup raspberry jam

METHOD

Preheat oven to 180 C.    Beat butter and sugar until pale and creamy, mix in golden syrup and then egg.

Add combined sifted dry ingredients and mix to a dough.  Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and roll until approx 3mm thick.

Using a cookie cutter cut into circles and place on a greased or lined baking tray.  Bake for 15 minutes until biscuits are golden and firm.

Cool on a wire rack.

Mix icing sugar with butter and enough hot water to make a spreadable icing.  Dip a skewer into red food colouring and then into the icing mixture and mix until a pale pink colour.

Ice half of the biscuits and spread the remainder with raspberry jam.  Sandwich together with icing on top.

* Or use some strained raspberry juice.

Bon fin de semaine a tous ♥

Leeann x