Star Biscuits
Whip up a sweet treat with these jammy star biscuits. This fresh, easy recipe is a total winner for the whānau and simple to bake.
Ingredients
- 225 grams butter
- 3/4 cup icing sugar
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 cup raspberry jam
- 2 tablespoons icing sugar
- 225 grams butter
- 3/4 cup icing sugar
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 cup raspberry jam
- 2 tablespoons icing sugar
- Step 1 of 4Preheat oven to 160°C. Beat butter, icing sugar and vanilla until pale and creamy. Add flour and mix well.
- Step 2 of 4Tip dough onto the bench and knead thoroughly. Roll dough out into a 1cm-thick rectangle.
- Step 3 of 4Cut out 30 stars with a cookie cutter approximately 6cm in diameter. Using a 3cm star cutter, cut a star shape out of the centre of 15 of the biscuits.
- Step 4 of 4Place biscuits on a baking tray and cook for 10 to 12 minutes until firm. Cool on a wire rack, then spread the 15 full biscuits with raspberry jam and top with a cut out biscuit. Dust with icing sugar.
Method
- Step 1 of 4Preheat oven to 160°C. Beat butter, icing sugar and vanilla until pale and creamy. Add flour and mix well.
- Step 2 of 4Tip dough onto the bench and knead thoroughly. Roll dough out into a 1cm-thick rectangle.
- Step 3 of 4Cut out 30 stars with a cookie cutter approximately 6cm in diameter. Using a 3cm star cutter, cut a star shape out of the centre of 15 of the biscuits.
- Step 4 of 4Place biscuits on a baking tray and cook for 10 to 12 minutes until firm. Cool on a wire rack, then spread the 15 full biscuits with raspberry jam and top with a cut out biscuit. Dust with icing sugar.
Method
- Step 1 of 4Preheat oven to 160°C. Beat butter, icing sugar and vanilla until pale and creamy. Add flour and mix well.
- Step 2 of 4Tip dough onto the bench and knead thoroughly. Roll dough out into a 1cm-thick rectangle.
- Step 3 of 4Cut out 30 stars with a cookie cutter approximately 6cm in diameter. Using a 3cm star cutter, cut a star shape out of the centre of 15 of the biscuits.
- Step 4 of 4Place biscuits on a baking tray and cook for 10 to 12 minutes until firm. Cool on a wire rack, then spread the 15 full biscuits with raspberry jam and top with a cut out biscuit. Dust with icing sugar.