Best Peanut Butter Yo Yos Recipes

YO-YO BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 160 degrees celsius (fan-forced).
• Line two baking trays with baking paper.
• Sift the icing sugar into a large bowl.
• Add the butter and vanilla essence.
• Beat with a stand mixer or hand-held beaters until smooth and creamy.
• Sift into the bowl the self raising flour, plain flour and custard powder. Stir well to combine.
• Roll mixture into teaspoonful sized balls and place 5cm apart on the prepared baking trays.
• Press the tops of the balls lightly with a fork.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until just ever so lightly golden.
• Leave to cool on the trays for 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the filling, beat the butter, vanilla essence and lemon juice until smooth and creamy.
• Slowly add the sifted icing sugar, beating well in between additions.
• When the mixture is completely combined and smooth, add one drop of pink food colouring and beat until the colour is evenly dispersed.
• Join two biscuits together with 1tsp of filling.
• Preheat oven to 160 degrees celsius (fan-forced). Line two baking trays with baking paper.
• Measure the self raising flour, plain flour and custard powder into the TM bowl and sift on Speed 3 for 30 seconds to combine. Place the flour mixture into a separate bowl and set aside.
• Place the butter, vanilla essence and icing sugar in the TM bowl. Beat on Speed 4 for approximately 1 minute or until the mixture is pale, fluffy and smooth.
• Add the flour mixture and combine on Speed 1, slowly increasing to Speed 4 until smooth and completely combined (if your mixture is too sticky, add a little more flour).
• Roll mixture into teaspoonful sized balls and place 5cm apart on the prepared baking trays. Press the tops of the balls lightly with a fork.
• Bake for 10-12 minutes or until just lightly golden. Leave to cool on the trays for 10 minutes before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
• To make the filling, combine the butter and icing sugar on Speed 4 until pale and smooth. Add the vanilla essence, lemon juice and one drop of pink food colouring. Beat for 1 minute, Speed 6, or until smooth and fluffy.
• Join two biscuits together with 1 teaspoon of filling.

PEANUT BUTTER YO YO'S

Steps:

• In a bowl, add the shortening, butter or margarine, peanut butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar and egg, and mix thoroughly.
• Blend in well all the remaining ingredients, except the jam.
• Cover and chill at least 6 hours, or overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375; lightly grease baking sheets.
• Shape the dough into 3/4" balls and place about 2" apart on a the prepared baking sheet.
• Bake for about 10 minutes, or until set but not hard.
• Remove from oven, let sit for about a minute, then remove to a rack to cool.
• When cool, put the cookies together in pairs with the jelly to make sandwich cookies.
• Makes about 4 1/2 dozen cookies.
• NOTE: If using self-rising flour, omit the baking soda, baking powder& salt.
• Make about 64 cookies, or 32 sandwich cookies.