Stuffed Monkeys Recipe at MyDish

Stuffed Monkeys

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Method

  • 1. Cream butter and sugar
  • 2. Add whole eggs and yolks - one at a time then add salt, vanilla, flour,baking powder and cornflour.
  • 3.Roll out the dough in long rectangular sections and layer with apricot jam spread smoothly followed by sprinkly softened saltanas and then sprinkle on some cinnamon and sugar
  • 4.Roll the dough 2 or 3 times and then cut into sections off the long sausage looking roll and bake on a baking tray at 375 degrees (gas mark 5) for about 10 minutes or until golden brown

    • Comments Add your comment

    • No don't have that one but would love to see your version!!!!

      by carol savage on Mon May 11 2009   reply to this comment

    • So excited to find this recipe on my first look at this site! Many thanks! Its been in my family for many years too, but I lost it! I believe that ours was slightly different,but shall try this just to see what the difference (if any!") is! I believe my Great-Grandmother used to make these and handed the recipe down! How about the Butter cakes...do u make them too???

      by Ganga on Sat May 9 2009   reply to this comment

    • Thanks - you can experiment with the filling and the shapes!!!

      by carol savage on Thu May 7 2009   reply to this comment

    • Absolutely lovely.

      by svenson67 on Thu May 7 2009   reply to this comment

    • I made these for my dad's 91st birthday and boy did they go down a treat with young and old alike

      by Jacquie on Fri Dec 7 2007   reply to this comment

    Ingredients

    • 1 lb Butter
    • teaspoon cinnamon
    • packet Saltanas
    • some Apricot jam
    • 1 teaspoon Cornflour
    • a few drops vanilla Essence
    • a pinch Salt
    • 2 teaspoons Baking powder
    • 8oz Castor sugar
    • 5 cups Plain flour
    • 2 Egg yolks
    • 3 Whole eggs
    • few teaspoons sugar

    By Views 4410  Added Thu Jun 21 2007


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    My granny used to make these stuffed monkey biscuits with me. She had this huge square table that she would clear and we would roll out the dough together and then shmear it with apricot jam and raisins – the best part was that she Read More