Custard Lime Kisses

We are right back on the sweet treat radar with these, as the kisses are sweet and flavoured with custard, and the tangy lime flavour is in the custard icing.

Custard Lime Kisses will disappear within hours of baking....with a guarantee there will be shouts for more KISSES, please!

For the kisses:

225 grams softened butter

1 1/2 cups caster sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla paste or essence

3 Tablespoons custard powder

2 cups flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 tablespoons warm milk

Preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius.

Prepare two trays - line with baking paper.

Cream 225 grams softened butter and 1 1/2 cups caster sugar

Add 1 teaspoon vanilla paste or essence and beat until pale and creamy.

Add 3 Tablespoons custard powder, 2 cups flour and 1 teaspoon baking soda that has been dissolved in 2 tablespoons warm milk.

Mix to a dough.

Roll into small balls, and press lightly with a fork. Bake 12 - 15 minutes.

When cold, ice with custard/lime icing and join two biscuits together.

Melt 50 grams of butter and 1 tablespoon of lime juice.

Add 1 Tablespoon custard powder

1 1/2 Tablespoon milk

and 1 3/4 cups icing sugar.

Makes 20 joined cookie kisses or 40 single biscuits which can have a small swirl of icing on top of each kiss.

A free baking conversion chart is on Mia Bella Passions blog at https://miabellapassion.blogspot.com/p/free-conversion-chart.html