How to Woo a Brit: Bake them Homemade Custard Creams Cookies #Dessert #Cookies #Bake

In fact, there are two Facebook pages that I follow which are devoted solely to British food: Quite Peckish and Fat Englishman. One of these pages will post a photo like the one below, and the frenzied comments begin with “Oh, I miss my ___ so much!” or “I’d kill for a ____!” and proclamations of adoration for one candy bar or another.

People will get into heated arguments about which type of biscuit (cookie) or beverage is better–it’s rather funny, actually, and it even happens on another British Facebook group I belong to which has nothing to do with food!

The reason I’m telling you this is that it seems that we are all extremely fond of the foods that we grew up with, and I think part of the reason is because they hold strong memories of our youth. For those of us now in the US, I must say, British chocolate is definitely a lot better than the average American candy bar, which isn’t even allowed to be considered real chocolate in some places (due to the lack of enough cocoa butter).

You could mention some iconic biscuits to an ex-pat Brit and almost bring them to tears, such as Jammy Dodgers, Penguin Bars, Bourbon Biscuits and Custard Creams, which mean absolutely nothing to most Americans or any non-Brit.

Ingredients

• YIELD: 15 BISCUITS (30 HALVES)
• 1 1/3 cup (6 oz) flour
• 1/2 cup (2 oz) custard powder (Bird’s Custard Powder-available on Amazon and in British shops)
• 1 1/2 sticks (6 oz) butter, at room temperature
• 1/2 cup (2 oz) powdered (icing) sugar
• 1/4 tsp baking soda
• Filling
• 1/4 stick (1 oz) butter
• 1/2 cup (2 oz) powdered (icing) sugar
• a few drops of vanilla extract

Instructions

1. Sift the flour, custard powder and baking soda into a bowl and set aside.
2. Cream the butter and sugar for about 3 minutes, then add the sifted flower, custard and soda and mix well.
3. Form into rounds, about the size of a walnut and place on a lined baking tray, leaving room to expand. Press with a fork into the top of each round, twice: once horizontally, and once vertically, to look like a cross-hatch.
4. ..................................

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