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Custard Creams

January 13, 2013 By A Spoonful of Sugar - 18 Comments

Another of Sarah’s Christmas gifts was this cute “Eat Me” stamped cookie cutter. To test it out, she baked up a batch of Custard Creams. They are two custard cookies sandwiched together with a custard buttercream filling. The custard creams are so delicious – and so much nicer that the variety available in supermarkets.

They would be perfect for an Alice in Wonderland Party.

Custard Creams

Ingredients

Biscuits
– 175g (1 1/2 sticks) softened butter
– 50g (1/4 cup) caster (superfine) sugar
– 50g  (1/3 cup) icing (confectioners) sugar
– 2 egg yolks
– 2 tsp custard powder
– 1 tsp vanilla extract
– 300g (2 1/2 cups) plain (all purpose) flour , plus extra for dusting
Custard Filling
– 100g (0.9 stick) softened butter
– 140g (1 1/8 cups) icing (confectioners) sugar , sifted, plus a little extra
– 2 tbsp custard powder

Method

Preheat the oven to 180 C (355 deg F) . Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the butter, sugars, egg yolks, custard powder and vanilla in a food processor and blend until creamy. Next pour in the flour and blend until the mixture comes together to form a dough. Wrap the dough in a plastic wrap and cool in the fridge for at least 30 minutes. Once rested, take the dough from the fridge and roll out thinly on a floured surface. Cut the biscuits out using a small rectangular biscuit cutter.
Transfer the biscuits onto the baking sheets and bake for 8-10 mins until golden. Place the cooked biscuits on a wire rack to cool.
To prepare the filling, mix the softened butter, icing sugar, custard powder and food colouring with a wooden spoon. When the biscuits are cold, pipe the filling on a biscuit and place another biscuit on top to create the custard cream sandwich.
Recipe adapted from Stasty.

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Filed Under: Cookies, Recipes Tagged With: custard

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Comments

  1. haggiz says

    January 14, 2013 at 12:11 am

    I wouldn’t eat custard creams from the supermarket but I would yours, they look amazing. I love the eat me cutter. Julie x

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  2. Nancy says

    January 14, 2013 at 7:59 am

    Where do we get the cookie cutter? Very cute!

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  3. JoJoand Eloise says

    January 14, 2013 at 10:36 am

    That cookie certainly wouldn’t have to ask me twice to eat it 🙂 Adorable cookie cuter.
    XO
    Angelina

    Reply
  4. Diane Duda says

    January 14, 2013 at 10:41 am

    First time here. Beautiful blog. 🙂

    Reply
  5. Eleanor(edna) says

    January 14, 2013 at 11:36 am

    I got this cutter for my Christmas too! Have made choccie biscuits with it which were enjoyed, but these look extra scrummy! Thanks for the idea x

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  6. Cathy says

    January 14, 2013 at 1:44 pm

    They are so sweet!!

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  7. Melody says

    January 14, 2013 at 2:41 pm

    They look delicious

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  8. Fiona @ Dragonfly-Crafts says

    January 15, 2013 at 2:18 pm

    Yum yum …. They look fantastic

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  9. sarah says

    January 15, 2013 at 1:40 am

    Thx for using grams alswell, sure to try this later.
    Have a look in our dutch bakkery store for such a cookie cutter.

    Reply
  10. Chocolate Cat says

    January 15, 2013 at 11:41 am

    These look delicious! Where did the cutter come from? I would love one!

    Reply
  11. D says

    January 17, 2013 at 10:41 am

    How cute! Love this, thank you for sharing.

    Reply
  12. two hippos says

    January 20, 2013 at 5:41 am

    Delicious!

    Reply
  13. Debbie K. says

    January 19, 2013 at 10:32 pm

    Please do tell where we might get the cookie cutter! These cookies are so cute!!

    Reply
  14. Debbie K. says

    January 19, 2013 at 10:34 pm

    Please do tell where we might get the cookie cutter! These cookies are so cute!!

    Reply
  15. Jerrin Goodman says

    January 20, 2013 at 2:53 am

    Where do you get custard powder?

    Reply
    • ML says

      September 28, 2019 at 1:06 pm

      On the chance you never found it…

      I plan to get mine at World Market. Since World Market is part of Bed Bath and Beyond, you may be able to find it in their international foods section.

      Reply
  16. Jerrin Goodman says

    January 20, 2013 at 2:55 am

    Where do you get or order custard powder? I just love you site. It is fun, colorful, and informative!

    Thanks

    Reply
  17. KaHolly says

    January 20, 2013 at 8:31 pm

    What is custard powder? I’ve never heard of it before. They look delicious!

    Reply

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