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  • 30 minutes
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 4 Ingredients

140 Comments

YoYo Biscuits are the biscuits MoM Member Lisa has been making since she was a little girl.  In fact it’s the only recipe she knows by heart!

We can see why it’s always been a favourite … YoYo biscuits are always so buttery and crumbly and the icing in the centre is a sweet surprise.

Have a little fun with your YoYo Biscuits;

  • Add some food colouring to the icing (it doesn’t really hold its colour in the actual biscuit mixture)
  • Add one or two Dollar Sweets Cachous to the centre of the flower.
  • Dip one section of your YoYo biscuits into melted chocolate and allow to dry as is or sprinkle with sprinkles while the chocolate is still a little wet.
  • Switch up the flavour of your icing – add a little orange juice, a little drop of your favourite spirit or some lime zest and a little juice.

Ingredients

  • 170g Butter
  • 170g Plain Flour
  • 60g Custard powder
  • 60g Icing sugar

Method

  1. Beat butter and sugar until white
  2. Add sifted flour and custard powder and mix until combined
  3. Roll into small balls and press down with a fork or use a biscuit forcer to make lovely shapes
  4. Bake in a moderate oven until just crisp - do not brown. Takes approx 10 mins
  5. Allow to cool on a rack before icing
  6. Make some icing with a tsp of melted butter and icing sugar. Add a little water and combine until thick enough to spread on biscuits and join 2 biscuits together

Yoyo Biscuits are of course top of the list, but if you're a really big biscuit fan, you might like to try some of these recipes:
  • Oh my goodness these look absolutely amazing!!!
    I had to look up what Yoyo biscuits were as I didn’t know what they were but when I saw the picture realised that they were melting moments.
    I can’t believe how few ingredients the recipe uses, I thought it would be more complicated than that but thank you for sharing, I’ll definitely put this on my list of things to bake.

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  • Melt in your mouth goodness

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  • My Favourite homely cookies, they always make me feel loved.

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  • Custard powder, now that’s new and exciting for me to try adding! Thanks for sharing

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  • Too cute. So few ingredients that I might also be able to remember.

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  • These are so cute! Custard powder adds a nice sweetness and texture.

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  • These biscuits are so yummy! Such a little treat. I make a variety of biscuits and freeze them so my son’s lunch box

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  • These are soo pretty….my daughters would have fun making these :)

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  • Look so cute and creative too. I like them

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  • Looks cute. Will try it one day

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  • These are so cute

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  • These look inviting

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  • A classic! So good with a cuppa.

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  • Oh yum, perfect with a cup of tea

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  • Not heard of YoYo biscuits before, but, they look yummy, quick and simple to make!

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