Yoyo Cookies Recipes

YO-YO BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160 degrees celsius (fan-forced).
• Line two baking trays with baking paper.
• Sift the icing sugar into a large bowl.
• Add the butter and vanilla essence.
• Beat with a stand mixer or hand-held beaters until smooth and creamy.
• Sift into the bowl the self raising flour, plain flour and custard powder. Stir well to combine.
• Roll mixture into teaspoonful sized balls and place 5cm apart on the prepared baking trays.
• Press the tops of the balls lightly with a fork.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until just ever so lightly golden.
• Leave to cool on the trays for 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the filling, beat the butter, vanilla essence and lemon juice until smooth and creamy.
• Slowly add the sifted icing sugar, beating well in between additions.
• When the mixture is completely combined and smooth, add one drop of pink food colouring and beat until the colour is evenly dispersed.
• Join two biscuits together with 1tsp of filling.
• Preheat oven to 160 degrees celsius (fan-forced). Line two baking trays with baking paper.
• Measure the self raising flour, plain flour and custard powder into the TM bowl and sift on Speed 3 for 30 seconds to combine. Place the flour mixture into a separate bowl and set aside.
• Place the butter, vanilla essence and icing sugar in the TM bowl. Beat on Speed 4 for approximately 1 minute or until the mixture is pale, fluffy and smooth.
• Add the flour mixture and combine on Speed 1, slowly increasing to Speed 4 until smooth and completely combined (if your mixture is too sticky, add a little more flour).
• Roll mixture into teaspoonful sized balls and place 5cm apart on the prepared baking trays. Press the tops of the balls lightly with a fork.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until just lightly golden. Leave to cool on the trays for 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the filling, combine the butter and icing sugar on Speed 4 until pale and smooth. Add the vanilla essence, lemon juice and one drop of pink food colouring. Beat for 1 minute, Speed 6, or until smooth and fluffy.
• Join two biscuits together with 1 teaspoon of filling.

YOYO COOKIES

Steps:

• Mix shortening, brown sugar, and eggs together thoroughly.
• Stir in honey and vanilla.
• Sift together flour and baking soda and stir into creamed mixture.
• Chill overnight.
• Roll into balls and flatten out with a fork on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Bake in a preheated, 350* oven for 10-12 minutes.

YO-YO BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 170°C.
• Cream butter and icing sugar until light. Add sifted flour and custard powder. Mix well until forms into smooth dough.
• Roll dough into logs and cut it up into small pieces same size about 30g each.You should have about 24 pieces.
• Form into balls and place on tray and press with a fork.
• Bake for about 15 minutes. They should be very pale almost no color.
• Tip: Don't over bake them they will be dry.
• For butter-cream:.
• With electric mixer whip the softened butter with icing sugar until light and fluffy. Add lemon juice and zest and more or less up to your taste.
• When biscuits are cooled join together with butter cream.
• Tip: If you prefer chocolate butter cream omit lemon juice and zest and add 2 tablespoons cocoa powder and 1tsp. vanilla extract.

YO-YO COOKIES RESHAPED FOR HALLOWEEN

Steps:

• 1. In a mixer, blend butter, sugar, and eggs, together, thoroughly.
• 2. Add honey and vanilla
• 3. Add flour and soda and mix. Chill the dough for several hours or overnight.
• 4. Roll into balls the size of walnuts. I use a one tablespoon scoop to assure uniformity.
• 5. Place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake at 350 degrees F for 10 to 12 minutes. Touching the top of a cookie should leave almost no imprint when they are cooked. These cookies bake well on a Silpat.
• 6. When slightly cooled, sandwich together with the jam of your choice.
• 7. TIPS: To make the spiders, just add shoestring liquorice pieces between the layers. Stick eyes on with honey, or icing. To see my blog about Yo-Yo cookies go to http://www.getabiggerwagon.com/blog/posts/yoyo_cookies_reshaped_for_the_season.html