I thought I would share with you all, one of my signature bakes. The traditional melt-in-the-mouth biscuit known as Yo-Yos. Yo-Yos are made with custard powder and often people refer to them as Melting Moments. However, the only difference is that melting moments are made with cornflour instead of custard powder.
These biscuits are loved by all as they melt-in-your mouth and they taste so good with the lemony buttercream in the centre. I love this recipe as it's easy and you can fill the biscuits with any filling you like or you can just eat the biscuits unfilled.
If you haven't noticed I like to bake products in mini form or bite size. I find that everyone loves mini desserts or treats. You can make 16 full sized Yo-Yos or 32 mini ones.
Hope you bake this classic traditional biscuits soon as everyone will love them. This is a favourite amongst my family and friends.
Happy Baking xo
Mini Yo-Yos (Melting Moments)
Ingredients
· 250 grams butter, softened
· 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
· ⅓ cup icing sugar
· ⅓ cup custard powder
· 1 ¾ cup plain flour
Buttercream
· 80 grams butter, softened
· ⅔ cup icing sugar
· 1 teaspoon lemon juice
· 1 teaspoon lemon rind (optional)
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 160°C.
2. Line two baking trays with baking paper.
3. Cream butter and icing sugar until mixture is light and fluffy.
4. Add custard powder and vanilla extract and mix well.
5. Sieve in flour, a third at a time. Mix well to form dough.
6. Divide the dough into two batches. For each batch, make 32 even portions balls, roll and place onto baking tray evenly spaced out. Using a fork flatten slightly.
7. Bake in oven for 15- 20 minutes. Leave on baking tray for 5 minutes before lifting onto a cooling rack.
8. Sandwich two biscuits together with some buttercream.
Buttercream
Cream softened butter with icing sugar until pale and fluffy. Add lemon juice and lemon rind and mix until smooth.
Tips
· You can make 16 large biscuits instead of 32 mini biscuits. Remember the baking time will be slightly increased due to the size of the biscuits.
· Allow biscuits to cool completely before sandwiching the biscuits with buttercream otherwise the buttercream will just melt off the biscuit.
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Melting moments are softer than yo yos, Two different biscuits recipes
ReplyDeleteHi Marilyn, Yo yos are made using custard powder and melting moments are made using cornflour. I placed in bracket melting moments as many people are likely to call them that instead of yo yos.
DeleteCould you tell what brand of custard powder you prefer for these bickies please?
ReplyDeleteGigi
Hi Gigi, I usually buy the home brand custard powder from the supermarket.
DeleteIs this like the English bird’s custard powder?
DeleteYes, that's correct but you can use any brand of custard powder. Happy Baking.
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