Monte Carlos

These Monte Carlos are an old fashioned favourite!

Ingredients (makes 25 Complete biscuits)

185 gram Butter, softened
1/2 cup Brown sugar, firmly packed
1 Egg
1 tsp Vanilla
1 1/4 cups Self-raising flour, sifted
3/4 cup Plain flour, sifted
1/2 cup Coconut
Filling:
Raspberry or other jam
60 gram Butter, softened
3/4 cup Icing sugar
1/2 tsp Vanilla
2 tsp Milk

Method

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla, beat well. Add sifted dry ingredients and coconut, mix well.
Rolls teaspoons of mixture into balls and then flatten onto greased trays. Rough up surface with the back of a fork. Bake on 180 degrees for 10-15 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
Filling: cream butter and sifted icing sugar until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and gradually add milk, beating well. Put a teaspoon of jam and filling on half the biscuits. Top with remaining half of biscuits and press together lightly.

Notes

Make sure the biscuits are fairly flat before baking as they will rise. If you are a novice baker, allow approximately 10 minutes more to roll your dough and flatten.

130 Comments

- - mom113991 said
  - 18 Mar 2015
    11:12 pm
yum! these look absolutely devine!

- - bubble6369 said
  - 11 Mar 2015
    3:02 am
oh my goodness these look so heavenly ive never seen fresh monte carlos

- - mom113055 said
  - 09 Mar 2015
    6:10 pm
looks great

- - mom62849 said
  - 03 Mar 2015
    2:51 pm
Monte carlos are one of my favourite biscuits, I’ll definitely be trying these.
- mom94125 replied
  
  22 Jun 2015 , 1:55 pm
  these will be nice fresh made and all that! hope they can freeze ok because these would be nice to take to work or school
- - blondie said
  - 28 Feb 2015
    12:02 am
monte carlos are a fav in my house hold!

- - Katie C said
  - 18 Feb 2015
    1:15 pm
Yummo!

- - mom109463 said
  - 04 Feb 2015
    10:19 pm
these are wonderful. simple to make and the kids love helping match them up, cos I ended up with all different size biscuits, will try harder next time, there will be a next time as they were lovely and lasted no time, be warned they cooked quick and go brown real quick if your attention if diverted by a two year old. LOL thank you for sharing

- - GeoEllie said
  - 26 Jan 2015
    1:23 am
yum yum, my favorite treat!

- - GeoEllie said
  - 25 Jan 2015
    1:50 am
This is definitely a favorite in our house – old fashioned or not – I’ve never made them myself, but I guess I don’t have an excuse now =D

- - priyachirag said
  - 23 Jan 2015
    10:52 am
These look delicious, thanks for sharing.

- - mom108638 said
  - 18 Jan 2015
    7:50 pm
opps it didn’t work…….try again…and…..TA DA!!!

- - mom108638 said
  - 18 Jan 2015
    7:46 pm
I whipped these up Super fast …TA DA!!!!!

- - mom108638 said
  - 18 Jan 2015
    5:25 pm
Oh Yummy!! they almost look to good to eat…lol

- - love mum said
  - 14 Jan 2015
    11:50 pm
perfect for a morning tea. Nice coffee – a match made in heaven

- - michelle_green said
  - 12 Jan 2015
    10:55 pm
My husband loves these. Wonder if I can make them better than his mum. Worth a try. Thanks for sharing. <3

- - jacqbeckett said
  - 09 Jan 2015
    4:32 pm
The recipe says coconut…. what coconut is it? Flour? Coconut skin? Coconut sugar? Coconut milk? Kids wants to mke this but alil unsure on the coconut side.
- mom57522 replied
  
  14 Jan 2015 , 9:59 pm
  Sorry should have clarified, desiccated coconut.
- - mom103936 said
  - 06 Jan 2015
    2:52 pm
I like the look of these.
I think they would be great for a party.

- - am1979amanda said
  - 05 Dec 2014
    12:07 am
Yummy makes heaps bonus

- - mom93821 said
  - 04 Dec 2014
    3:51 am
Thanks again for sharing this recipe; made and very moreish.

- - mggarner said
  - 30 Nov 2014
    5:24 pm
home made monte carlos this is a recipe that my dad will love