MONTE CARLOS

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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.

Provided by JustJanS

Categories Dessert

Time 45m

Yield 24 biscuits (cookies)

Number Of Ingredients 12

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

Steps:

Cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, add the egg and vanilla and beat well.
Add sifted dry ingredients and coconut, mix well.
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.
Bake in a moderate oven 10 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.
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).
Press the two halves gently together.
Filling:.
Cream butter and sifted icing sugar until light and fluffy, add the vanilla, add the milk gradually, beating well.

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