Today I’ve got my baking partner in crime (and amazing friend) Lucy from Bake Play Smile as a guest on the blog, sharing her recipe for easy Yo Yo biscuits.
Lucy and I first ‘met’ almost three years ago when we were both fairly new to blogging. We quickly discovered we had a crazy amount of things in common (besides our love of all things sweet!) and became good friends, even though we live interstate. Lucy is not only a HUGE support and source of inspiration when it comes to blogging and business (yes, she is also my business partner and co-owner of our Thermomix website – Thermobliss) but she has also been an incredible support personally over the past few years – in short she is just amazing!
Hi there! I’m so excited to be guest blogging for Lauren while she enjoys some very well deserved ‘maternity leave’.
Given that the lovely Lauren is in bubba mode, I thought I’d share a recipe with you that I love to make for baby showers. Actually, these easy yo yo biscuits are perfect for any occasion (or no occasion at all!), but when you use pretty pastel blue and pink filling, they seriously scream ‘baby shower’.
I love these yoyos because they’re really quick to whip up and they literally melt in your mouth. I like to make them quite small… mainly because then you’re totally justified in eating a few!!
Whenever I make yoyo biscuits, they’re gone in no time at all – but if you have more restraint that me, they’ll last up to 4 days in an airtight container.
Enjoy xx
Easy Yo Yo Biscuits
Ingredients
- 180 g butter
- 1 tsp vanilla essence
- 1/3 cup icing sugar
- 1 cup 150g self raising flour
- 1/2 cup 75g plain flour
- 1/2 cup 70g custard powder
- For the filling:
- 250 g icing sugar
- 40 g butter at room temperature
- 2 tsp vanilla essence
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 drop pink food colouring
- 1 drop blue food colouring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees celsius and line two baking trays with baking paper.
- Sift the icing sugar into a bowl and add the butter and vanilla essence.
- Beat until smooth and creamy.
- Sift into the bowl the self-raising flour, plain flour and custard powder, then stir well.
- Roll the yoyo mixture into teaspoonful sized balls and place them 5cm apart on the prepared trays.
- Lightly press the tops of the balls with a fork.
- Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes or until lightly golden.
- Allow for 10 minutes on the trays before moving to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Make the filling by beating the butter, vanilla essence and lemon juice until smooth and creamy. Slowly add the sifted icing sugar and continue to beat.
- When the mixture is smooth, divide it equally between two bowls.
- Add one drop of pink food colouring to one bowl and one drop of blue food colouring to the other.
- Beat each bowl until smooth and evenly coloured.
- Spread a small amount of filling onto the base of one biscuit and sandwich with a second. Repeat until all of the biscuits have been used.
Lucy @ Bake Play Smile says
Aww thanks so much for having me gorgeous lady! I hope you’re kicking back with a coffee this morning gazing at your beautiful Oliver! Enjoy xxx
Lauren says
No thank you!! Yes, there was a bit of baby gazing going on this morning, mainly because he wanted lots of cuddles last night/this morning!
Sammie @ The Annoyed Thyroid says
These are so cute – just like you two!
Lauren says
Thank you xx
Renee Wilson says
These are just beautiful as is the friendship between you both xx
Lauren says
Oh thank you x
Vicki @ Boiled Eggs & Soldiers says
Thank you both lovely ladies for these. Another yummy recipe to make with the kids this weekend – I’m trying to spend more “quality” time with them and making these together will be a yummy way to do it! Thanks for sharing with YWF too.
Lauren says
That sounds like the perfect way to spend the weekend, I hope you enjoy them!
Kim @zonktdesigns says
You to are so lovely, a perfect match. It amazing the friendships that form online that are genuine & life long.
As long as your love affair with food .
& of course the Yo Yo’s are gorgeous and look AMAZING in total Lucy style. xx
Thanks for linking up to YWF hun.
Jill Keegan says
The 250g icing sugar in the biscuit filling really didn’t work for me. I ended up searching other recipes and they used half that amount. Had to make another batch with 90g icing sugar which worked perfectly.