December 28, Strawberry Muffin Top Kisses

Ingredients

1 cup plain flour
3/4 cup desicated coconut
1/2 cup icing sugar
1 tsp baking soda
1 egg
1/2 cup milk
2 tbsp margarine, melted

1 egg white
1 cup icing sugar
4 Tbsp Strawberry jam

Method

Preheat oven to 180C.
Mix flour, coconut, sugar and baking soda together in a bowl.
In a seperate bowl whisk egg then add milk and margarine.
Make a well in the center of the dry ingredients and add egg mixture into well.
Mix ingredients well.
Pour into a medium sized 12 muffin tray (only ~1 and 1/2 Tbsp each).
Bake for 10 minutes or ontil golden in colour.
Let cool.

Filling

Whisk egg white until it forms soft peaks then while still whisking add icing sugar tablespoon by tablesoon and then add jam.

Putting It Together

Once cool cut biscuits in half and spoon on strawberry filling and stick biscuits back together.
Leave in refridgerator to set.

December 17, Chocolate Christmas Kisses

Ingredients

200g margarine
1 cup caster sugar
1 egg yolk
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/2 cup milk
1/2 tsp red food colouring
1 1/2 cup plain flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda

Method

Preheat oven to 180C
Melt margarine then mix in sugar then egg yolk, milk, vanilla essence and food colouring.
In a separate bowl sift flour, cocoa and baking powder.
Fold flour mixture into margarine mixture then mix well.
Spoon onto a lined tray or use a christmas tree plate in a cookie press.
When using the cookie press, use a tinfoil lined tray, shiny side up.
Bake for 6-8 minutes.

Filling

1 1/2 cups icing sugar
2 Tbsp margarine
1 tsp peppermint essence
1/2 tsp of red food colouring
1/2 tsp of green food colouring
Boiling water

Split the icing sugar, margarine and peppermint essence between two cups/bowls.
To one cup add red colouring to the other add green colouring.
Slowly stir in hot water (pour over margarine to help melt it) in to each cup until mix is of the right thickness.
For this recipe it is preferable to have a thicker filling to help keep the biscuits together.

Putting It Together

Sandwich two biscuits together with peppermint filling in between.