36 servings
Prep: 30 mins,
Cooking: 40 mins
These biscuits, are also known as two-tones and are basically iced Hertzoggies! A simple pastry shell filled with sweetened desiccated coconut filling and iced with dark and pink icing for that final flare.
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Ingredients (20)
Filling
500 ml | desiccated coconut |
185 ml | sugar |
1 pinch | ground cinnamon |
1 pinch | ground cardamom |
250 ml | water |
1 drop | vanilla essence — or almond essence |
Pastry
250 g | butter — softened |
250 ml | sugar |
1 | large egg |
5-10 ml | vanilla essence |
750 ml | flour |
5 ml | baking powder |
Chocolate icing
185 ml | icing sugar |
52 ml | cocoa powder |
5 ml | vanilla essence |
30 ml | milk |
Pink icing
185 ml | icing sugar |
30 ml | milk |
1 drop | red food colouring |
1 drop | vanilla essence |
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