Monte Carlo's

Ingredients

• Ingredients:
• 185g butter, softened
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 1/2 cups self raising flour
• 1/2 cup plain flour
• 1/2 cup desiccated coconut
• 1/4 cup raspberry jam
• Cream Filling:
• 60g butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 3/4 cup icing sugar
• 2 teaspoons milk

 

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 degrees. Grease oven trays. Beat butter, essence, sugar and egg until smooth. Transfer to a larger bowl, then add flours and coconut in two batches. Spoon teaspoons of mixture onto prepared trays, flatten slightly: rough surface with a fork. Bake for 12mins.
2. Cream Filling:
3. Beat butter, essence and sifted icing sugar, mix until light and fluffy, then beat in milk. Refrigerate until spreadable.Sandwich biscuits with cream and jam.