Buttercream Biscuits

9oz Plain Flour

1/2 Tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

6oz Butter (Melted)

7oz Dark Brown Soft Sugar

4oz Caster Sugar

1 Tbp Vanilla extract

1 Egg

1 Egg Yolk

Cooking time: 180c/Gas Mark 4 for 16 minutes in the middle of the oven

Serving: 20 smallish biscuits or less is you like them larger

1. Preheat the overn and grease a baking tray

2. Sift the flour and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl

3. In a separate bowl cream together the butter, and both sugars until well blended

4. Beat in the vanilla extract, egg and egg yolk until light and creamy

5. Add the flour and stir well but slowly

6. Drop cookie dough onto the tray, leaving a space between the dough (as it will spread slightly) and bake in the oven for 16 minutes or until lightly toasted

7. Leave on the trays to cool for about 10 minutes and then transfer carefully to a wire cooling rack

Butter cream Filling

9oz Butter

1lb 5oz Icing Sugar

1 Tsp Vanilla Extract

2 Tbp Milk

Food colouring (optional)

1. Cream together the butter and vanilla extract

2. Whisk in the sieved icing sugar a little at a time

3. Add the milk and food colouring is doing so and whisk in well

4. Divide the buttercream between the biscuits and then sandwich together and enjoy!

N.B. If you want your biscuits coffee add 1 Tbp of coffee granules in water to the biscuit mixture

N.B. If you want your biscuits chocolate add 2oz of cocoa powder to the biscuit mixture