
If you miss custard creams or just crave them, then you can make them yourself with a few simple ingredients from your pantry and a little custard powder. This recipe for custard cream cookies is from Good Housekeeping UK. I first made this recipe before I had a kitchen scale (more on this later).
US Standard
- For the cookie:
- 2 cups All Purpose (plain) flour, plus extra to dust
- 6 dry tablespoons Bird’s custard powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 3/8 cup or 7 tablespoons caster sugar
- 1 stick unsalted butter, chilled, cut into cubes
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp milk
- Filling
- 1/3 cup (5 tablespoons) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup icing/powdered sugar
- 2 tbsp Bird’s custard powder
Or
Metric
- 200 g (7oz) All purpose (plain) flour, plus extra to dust
- 50 g (2oz) Bird’s custard powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 75 g (3oz) caster sugar
- 125 g (4oz) unsalted butter, chilled, cut into cubes
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp milk
- For the Filling
- 75 g (3oz) unsalted butter, softened
- 125 g (4oz) icing sugar
- 2 tbsp Bird’s custard powder
- For the biscuits, put the flour, custard powder, baking powder, sugar and butter into a food processor, or use a fork and mix until the mixture resembles fine crumbs. Alternatively, rub the butter into the flour mixture using your fingertips.
- Add the egg and milk and mix until the mixture just comes together. Tip onto a work surface, bring together with your hands, then wrap in plastic wrap and chill for at least 30 mins or up to 1 day.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Lightly flour a work surface and roll out dough until 3mm (⅛in) thick. Cut it into an even number of 3cm x 4.5cm (1¼in x 1¾in) rectangles, re-rolling trimmings as needed. If you like, mark the rectangles with a diamond and a dot in each corner.
- Put rectangles on prepared sheets and bake for 13-15 minutes until lightly golden. Cool on the sheet for 3 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Meanwhile, put the softened butter into a large bowl and sift over icing sugar and custard powder. Mix to combine (don’t add water as it needs to be fairly thick). Set aside.
- When the biscuits are cool, sandwich together with some of the filling, using a knife, spatula, or a piping bag if you want a less messy finish.
Awesome custard cookie – Perfect for the festive season – I am going to test this one. If you have a moment, feel free to hop over and see what’s cooking on my end. Thanks in advance.