Friday 3 July 2015

Caramel , banana and cream filled biscuits



Caramel , banana and cream filled biscuits
Hertzoggie based dough -
500grams of butter ( or a good margarine ) ...
1 cup of castor sugar
1 tablespoon of Vanilla essence
1 egg
4 & 1/2 cups of self raising flour

Filling for biscuit
1 tin of caramel
Vanilla whipped cream
3 bananas
Method
Dough
With electric mixer whisk the butter and sugar for about 3 minutes till it's light and creamy , add the egg and vanilla essence and whisk for a further 2 minutes . Now add all the flour and mix it in with your hand till a dough forms . Do not be tempted to add more flour , this is a very soft dough . Cover with cling wrap and chill in fridge for an hour . On a floured surface roll out the dough to a 1 cm thickness, using cling wrap on dough to prevent from sticking , cut out with flower cookie cutter or round cookie cutter , make sure you dip the cookie cutter into some flour to prevent from sticking to dough . Butter/ grease your pan , this should be the hertzoggie/ shell pan
Now bake in a preheated oven on 180 degrees for 10-12 minutes , or until edges are golden brown .
Take out to cool . You will get about 40 biscuits from this dough .
Fill biscuit with a teaspoon of caramel , slice of banana and pipe vanilla cream on the banana and caramel . Top with strawberries.