HOME MADE MONTE CARLOS BISCUITS

You will biting at the bit to share your own home made Monte Carlos biscuits . You will need simple pantry staples...125gm of butter/ marg( softened ) , 170 gm of soft brown sugar , 1 dsp of vanilla exract ,1 egg ( lightly beaten ),125gm of plain flour , 60 gm of self raising flour , 90 gm of desicatted coconut , 75 gm of rolled oats , 155gm of raspberry jam. FOR THE BUTTER CREAM ......60 gm of butter / marg ( softened ), 75 gm of icing sugar ,1 tsp of vanilla extract . Okay , let's get started . Preheat your oven to 180 deg C . Grease and a baking tray with baking paper . Place 125 gm of softened butter/ marg in a bowl of your electric mixer with the brown sugar and vanilla extract and beat until light and fluffy . Next add the egg and the 2 flour mixture , coconut and rolled oats . Mix well to combine . What I'm about to share with you is the most important part of the recipe ...you are about to shape your biscuits , please make sure they are all of uniform size and appearance, so that each pair is perfectly matched when sandwiched together . Now , roll tablespoons of the batter into evenly shaped balls , place on the prepared oven trays and flatten slightly with a fork . bake for 12 minutes or until the biscuits are golden . Transfer to wire racks to cool . To prepare the butter cream filling , place the butter / marg , icing sugar and vanilla extract into a bowl and beat with a wooden spoon / whisk , until light and fluffy . Spread half the now cold biscuits with raspberry jam and top with butter cream . Top with remaining half biscuit . Enjoy , these are delicious with friends , a pot of tea or coffee.