Homemade custard creams

maro11

My daughter has egg and nut allergies so I am always on the look out for easy recipes for biscuits, cakes etc.
I saw this recipe in a magazine and tried it, it is very easy and the biscuits are delicious.Makes 24

150g butter
40g icing sugar
165g plain flour
2 tablespoons custard powder
nutmeg

!. Preheat the oven to 170C/150C fan /gas 3
2. Cream the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Sieve the custard powder and flour together and mix in to creamed butter mixture.
3. Roll the dough into a sausage shape. Wrap tightly in cling film and put in the fridge for 1/2 hour until firm.
4. Slice dough into 24 slices and put on greased baking tray. Grate fresh nutmeg over the top and bake for 15-20 minutes until pale golden.

Little_Vics

oh wow - they sound scrummy. Will try later!

linni

Can't have too many recepies, especially for biscuits!

janeym8

thanks for this ive been looking out for a recipe with custard powder and icing sugar that i used to make many many moons ago and this looks very much like this

janey xxx

Tracey04

do you use custard powder that you add boiling water to or the one that needs sugar and milk.
Thanks

Topher

Nigella has a recipe for custard creams. I doubt it would be suitable for your daughter's allergy, but it does include a recipe for the cream filling to sandwich the biscuits together. I find the biscuit recipe too rich, and prefer a plain biscuit with the custard flavoured filling. A child in my class used to make some very tasty ones from an Usborne book of children's recipes.
T.