Romany Creams

"These sandwich cookies are popular in South Africa, but you can enjoy them in your own home wherever you live. :) Posted in response to a recipe request in chat."
 
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Ready In:
45mins
Ingredients:
13
Yields:
1 batch
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ingredients

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directions

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
  • Cream together butter and sugar; add flour, coconut, and baking powder.
  • Dissolve melted baking chocolate by whisking into boiling water; add to mixture.
  • Roll mixture into small 1-inch balls.
  • Place balls on greased cookie sheet and, using a fork, press criss-cross to flatten.
  • Bake in a moderate oven, 350F, for 10 to 12 minutes until desired doneness (some people like them crispier than others); let cool on a wire rack.
  • Make the butter cream filling: cream one-third of the confectioners' sugar with softened butter and salt in large bowl.
  • Blend vanilla extract, 2 tablespoons milk and remaining sugar into mixture.
  • Gradually stir in remaining milk to filling until desired spreading consistency is reached.
  • When cookies have cooled completely, sandwich them together with the butter cream filling (or chocolate from melting a slab of milk chocolate over low heat or in microwave).

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  1. I haven't filled the cookies yet, for the time being I'm just "tasting" them plain. They are crisp, coconutty cookies with a light chocolate flavor. My yield for this recipe was 87 single cookies (10 grams each.) The recipe was very clear and easy to follow. I did use unsweetened shredded coconut, which I minced a little with the food processor. Other than that, I made no changes. Thank you very much for sharing this recipe with us.
     
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