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  • 30 minutes
  • Difficulty Easy
  • 4 Ingredients

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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 yeah – going to get my bake on tomorrow and make these little crowd pleasers for the family

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  • Can’t believe how little ingredients go into these, they are so cute, my daughter will flip over these

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  • thanks for sharing.

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  • Sounds simple yet versatile. Love this recipe.

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  • These look delicious

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  • YoYo Biscuits definitely take me back to my childhood. My Mum used to make them often.

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  • These sound amazing! I can’t wait to try and make them!

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  • Oh I remember these biscuit press thingies from a million years ago!

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  • They looks great to eat.

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  • So simple…i must try it with my toddler. I think he will have a fan cutting cookies and eating them when baked

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  • Lovely recipe – and your tips for switching flavours are great!

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  • Love your YO-YO’s recipe,they look great!

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  • Thank you for this as had misplaced my recipe for them and so my biscuit press has been lonely.

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  • super cute, would be so yum with a hot cuppa

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  • Been ages since I had these, thanks for posting!

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  • I had totally forgotten about these type of biscuits, thank you for putting this up here.

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  • Ohhh I really wa t to give these a go!!

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  • These would be great for morning or afternoon tea with a cuppa (-:

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  • My mother used to make yoyo biscuits when I was a child, chocolate ones too, and I didn’t realise they could be so simple. Only 4 ingredients! I know what I’ll be making when I go to the supermarket next. Thanks for sharing!

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  • I remember my nanna making these. Must try my own.

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