After a very Italian recipe, today I am back with something from my new country. I have discovered these amazing cookies only recently and I simply adore them. Melting Moments do really melt in your mouth, the moment you take a bite! They are similar to shortbread, but they are even more buttery and delicate. They are often sandwiched together with buttercream and I chose to make mine Passion fruit flavoured. I love the combination of the sweet cookies and slight tartness of the filling: pure bliss. These cookies are a classic of Australian cooking and I love to have them with a nice hot cuppa. Enjoy!
Melting Moments with Passion fruit Buttercream
Melting Moments with Passionfruit Buttercream - Australian cookies that literally melt in your mouth!
Ingredients
Melting Moments
- 180 gms – 1 ½ stick of butter softened
- 60 gms – ½ cup icing sugar sifted
- 60 gms – ½ cup custard powder
- 180 gms – 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
Passion fruit Buttercream
- 100 gms – 7 tbsp butter softened
- 120 gms – 1 cup icing sugar sifted
- 5 tbsp passion fruit pulp
- Icing sugar for dusting optional
Instructions
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Put the softened butter in the bowl of an electric mixer fitted with the paddle attachment and beat it for 2 minutes. Add the custard powder and keep beating.
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Sift in the flour and baking powder and keep beating.
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Add the sugar and beat well.
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Roll this mixture into 12 balls of approximately 40 grams - 1 1/2 oz. each and press them down with a fork.
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Bake them in a pre-heated oven at 180°C – 355°F for 16-18 minutes, then let them cool down on the tray for 5 minutes before transferring them onto a rack to cool down completely.
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To make the buttercream, beat the softened butter with an electric mixer fitted with a paddle attachment for a few minutes and then incorporate the icing sugar and passion fruit pulp. Mix well.
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Pipe the passion fruit buttercream on half of the cookies and put the remaining cookies on the top, like a sandwich and serve.
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What is custard powder and what is it used for ?
Hi Ruth. Custard powder is a ready made mix used to make custard. You can make it yourself… check this out: https://snapguide.com/guides/make-your-own-custard-powder-in-5-minutes/
It is used for flavoring and for making the cookies more crumbly.
Awwww my pleasure dear <3
Thanks for replying dear 🙂 but its already added in the butter in the 1st step then why its there in the 3rd step ? 🙂
Oh my!!! So sorry about that! It goes all in in the 3rd step… I fixed it now! THANK YOU so much for noticing it!! <3
Hi manu,
Very nice recipe. …I have a doubt, after adding flour and baking powder which sugar to add? (in the instruction 3rd point)
Hi! 🙂
It’s icing sugar (also known as powder sugar or confectioner’s sugar). 🙂