Old-fashioned custard cookies: The crumbliest holiday treats

Baking is fun and as the holidays arrive, baking season is back on. If you’ve baked with mom or grandma, these Old-fashioned custard cookies will bring back the nostalgia. Cookies are also great as gifts for the holidays and you can bake all kinds of tasty treats, starting with this easy recipe. The custard powder adds some flavour but as with cookies, doesn’t need to be a punch int he face. The cookies are crumbly and luxurious for any occasion.

Old-fashioned custard cookies tips

Resting cookie dough is one of the best things you can do and you can put these in the fridge for a t least a day. This also gives you a chance to bake and prepare the other sweet treats on the menu for the party. You can shape them for specific occasions too, but the most iconic decoration is just a round cookie with a fork indentation. They can also be made into cookies with a jam sweet in the middle or sprinkle them with coconut.

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Are you looking for more classic South African cookie recipes? Try our old-fashioned custard cookies for tea time or baked holiday gifts.

Old-fashioned custard cookies recipe

4 from 5 votes

Recipe by Irene Muller Course: TreatsCuisine: GlobalDifficulty: Easy

Prep time

30

minutes

Cooking time

15

minutes

Total time

45

minutes

Custard in a cookie, what could you possibly want more? Ready in just under an hour, these custard cookies are prize worthy.

Ingredients

• 250 g 250 butter

• 250 g 250 sugar

• 2 2 eggs

• 1 tsp 1 vanilla

• 3 tbsp 3 custard powder

• 4 tsp 4 baking powder

• 3 cups 3 flour

Method

• Grease the baking tray with butter or line with baking paper and spray with Cook and Spray
• Beat the butter and sugar well, and when creamy, add one egg at a time while mixing.
• Add the vanilla essence and mix well.
• Sift the custard powder, baking powder and flour to the butter mix. Mix well until it forms a ball. Wrap with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 20 minutes.
• Roll the dough in small balls, place on the baking tray and press down with a fork or any shape you want them to be.
• Bake for 10 to 15 minutes until light brown in colour. Let them cool off before storing in your favourite cake tin.

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