Stuffed Monkeys South African Style Or Butter Biscuits

Added on Mon Sep 24 2007

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The Basics

Dish: Baking
cuisine: English
Serves: 20
Prep Time: 0hrs 15 mins
Cooking Time: 0hrs 40 mins

Ingredients

1 lb Butter
3 Whole eggs
2 Egg Yolks
8oz Caster Sugar
5 cups Plain Flour
2 teasp Baking Powder
½ cup Cornflour
Pinch Salt
1 teasp Vanilla Essence
Smooth Apricot Jam
Raisins
Sultanas
Cinnamon Sugar

Method

Cream butter and sugar. Add whole eggs and yolks one at a time and then remaining ingredients. (To make butter biscuits - stop at this point, make dough into shapes and bake). For stuffed monkeys, roll out the dough and cut into 4 portions. Cover with the apricot jam, sprinkly the cinnamon and sugar and add raisins and sultanas. Roll up the dough into a sausage, flatten it and cut into biscuit size portions. Bake at gas 5, 375 F 180 C for about 30 - 40 minutes until golden brown.