Melt in the Mouth Biscuits
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                                        Set oven to 180°C. Sieve flour, custard powder, icing sugar and salt into a mixing bowl. Rub the butter in with your fingers. Work together until a smooth dough is formed. Add vanilla essence. Sprinkle flour onto a clean surface and roll out the dough. Cut shapes using a cookie cutter. Arrange biscuits on a greased baking tray and bake for 15 minutes or until golden in colour. 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                            
                            
                                    
                                        Set oven to 180°C. Sieve flour, custard powder, confectioners' sugar and salt into a mixing bowl. Rub the butter in with your fingers. Work together until a smooth dough is formed. Add vanilla essence. Sprinkle flour onto a clean surface and roll out the dough. Cut shapes using a cookie cutter. Arrange biscuits on a greased baking tray and bake for 15 minutes or until golden in colour. 
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                            
                    
                 
                
                
                    
                                
                                    
                        
                                
                                    
                 
                
                    
                
                
                    
                        
                
                 
            
                        Introduction
These are easy cut out biscuits which taste delicious. When my husband takes some to work, his co-workers pinch them all!!!!
These are easy cut out biscuits which taste delicious. When my husband takes some to work, his co-workers pinch them all!!!!
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Ingredients
Serves: 30
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                                U.S.
                            
                        - 350 grams cake flour
 - 100 grams custard powder
 - 100 grams icing sugar
 - 1 millilitre salt
 - 300 grams butter (soft)
 - 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
 
- 12⅜ ounces cake flour
 - 3½ ounces custard powder
 - 3½ ounces confectioners' sugar
 - fluid ounce salt
 - 10⅗ ounces butter (soft)
 - 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
 
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Melt in the Mouth Biscuits is a community recipe submitted by Community and has not been tested by Nigella.com so we are not able to answer questions regarding this recipe.
Additional Information
I often double and treble this recipe.
I often double and treble this recipe.
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                        
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                                Posted by devak on 1st April 2013
                             
                    
Show more commentsThese really do melt in the mouth! Made them heart-shaped for Valentine's Day - perfect.