Original Be-ro Melting Moments-afternoon Tea Biscuits Or Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 5 ounces soft butter or 5 ounces soft margarine
• 3 ounces caster sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 ounces self raising flour
• desiccated coconut or oats
• glace cherries

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 180ºc, 350ºf, gas mark 4. grease two baking trays.
• 2 cream the butter or margarine with the sugar until very light and fluffy. beat in the vanilla essence or extract.
• 3 stir in the flour and mix well.
• 4 roll walnut sized pieces of the mixture into balls and toss in rolled oats or desiccated coconut.
• 5 cut each glace cherry into quarters, for quarter for each melting moment.
• 6 place on baking trays, flatten slightly and place a small piece of cherry on each biscuit. bake for 10-15 minutes until golden brown but not dark brown.
• 7 n.b. to help shape "ball" type biscuits, slightly dampen the hands.