I can’t believe how quickly this pregnancy is going. I can’t believe that it is almost September, I gave birth to the Little Dude in September when he was due to arrive in October. Although, this baby has a week or so on their brother’s due date – so I am guessing that they’ll arrive some time in October. Or they may be just like their older brother and decide to run late… who knows? Babies come, when babies are ready to come.
All I know, is that I can’t wait to meet them and cover them in kisses.
I wanted to take a little time to spend some ‘one-on-one’ time with each of the boys before baby number three arrives. But with the boys napping less and less these days, it has been difficult. And baking doesn’t normally work out so well when I try and rangle both boys in the kitchen at the same time.
Thankfully, the other day, the Little Dude decided that he would take a nap and Mr Moo and I got some special ‘one-on-one’ time in the kitchen. I actually made these vanilla and coconut kisses when I was expecting him. The kisses took a lot longer to get through when it was just Daddy and me eating them.
And I am sure that they will go super fast when we are a family of five {gosh, a family of five}.
VANILLA AND COCONUT KISSES
125 grams butter
1/2 cup caster sugar
1 egg
1/2 cup plain flour
1/4 cup self-raising flour
2/3 cup cornflour
1/4 cup custard powder
60 grams butter
3/4 cup icing sugar mixture
1 teaspoon of milk
1/2 cup of desiccated coconut
1 teaspoon of vanilla paste
Preheat the oven to 160 degrees celsius.
Beat the butter and sugar in a small bowl, with an electric mixer until smooth and creamy. Add the egg, beat only until combined. Stir in sifted dry ingredients in two batches.
Spoon the mixture into a piping bag (or you can use a glad zip-lock bag and snip off the end). Pipe the mixture into 3cm rounds, about 3cm apart, onto lightly greased baking trays.
Bake for about 10 minutes or until they have lightly browned. Allow biscuits to cool.
Beat the butter in a small bowl with an electric mixer until as white as possible. Gradually beat in the icing sugar, then the milk, then the coconut and vanilla paste.
Sandwich biscuits together with the coconut cream, dust with icing sugar and serve.
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