Custard Kisses Recipe

One of my favourite cooks is Aunty Joy. I began collecting recipes from her about 40 years ago. She used to have a farm and like most farmers wives' she was an excellent cook. Just give her a few basic ingredients and she could turn out the most delicious recipes. This is a recipe that I got from her about 35 years ago and I used to make them all the time for my kids, who just loved them. I am still making them and they still are popular with whoever I make them for. They are just so simple and easy to make and you will like them as much as I do, once you have tried them. They are a cross between a biscuit and a cake and best eaten within a couple of days; if they last that long.

INGREDIENTS:

1 cup SR flour
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons sugar
3 tablespoons custard powder
1 egg
few drops vanilla essence
little milk

METHOD:

Preheat oven to 180C. Grease an oven tray lightly.
Cream butter and sugar.
Add egg and lightly beat.
Sift flour and custard powder and add to mixture.
Add a little milk to combine but mixture must remain thick.
Drop in heaped teaspoons onto tray and cook in oven for about 20 minutes or until cooked.
Remove from oven and ice with a little vanilla icing while still hot. this is just to glaze them but not to overpower them.

ICING:
1 tablespoon butter - melted
1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
1/2 cup icing sugar
few drops of milk to make the icing thin