Monte Carlos

Posting for Fairy Nuff to have a look at. These are a very popular biscuit (cookie) in Australia, and this tastes pretty much like the bought variety.

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Yields: 24 biscuits (cookies)

Ingredients

• 185  g butter
• 1⁄2 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 1  egg
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 1 1⁄4 cups self-raising flour
• 3⁄4 cup plain flour
• 1⁄2 cup coconut
•  raspberry jam or   other  jam

• Filling

• 60  g butter
• 3⁄4 cup icing sugar
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 2  teaspoons milk

Directions

1. Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add the egg and vanilla and beat well.
2. Add sifted dry ingredients and coconut, mix well.
3. Roll teaspoonfuls of mixture into balls, shape into ovals and place on lightly greased oven trays, rough up the surface with the back of a fork.
4. Bake in a moderate oven 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
5. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
6. Put a teaspoon of jam in the centre of half the bisuits (cookies) and a teaspoon of prepared filling in centre of other half of biscuits (cookies).
7. Press the two halves gently together.
8. Filling:
9. Cream butter and sifted icing sugar until light and fluffy, add the vanilla, add the milk gradually, beating well.