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3 sandwich cookies topped with white icing and a glace cherry
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5 from 2 votes

Empire Biscuits

Empire biscuits are two shortbread cookies sandwiched together with raspberry jam and topped with a simple glaze and glacé cherries
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time15 minutes
Refrigeration30 minutes
Course: Afternoon Tea, Dessert
Cuisine: Australian, Austrian, English, German, New Zealand, Scottish
Servings: 10

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 110 g Butter room temp
  • 120 g Caster (superfine) sugar
  • 250 g Plain flour
  • 1 Egg room temp
  • ½ tsp Vanilla

Icing and filling

  • ¼-½ cup Raspberry jam warmed
  • 200 g Pure icing sugar
  • 1-2 tbs Warmed milk
  • 10 Jubes or 5 Glace cherries (halved) to decorate

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 160°C
  • In a stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar until pale and fluffy (3 minutes)
  • Beat in egg and vanilla
  • Add flour and mix until it comes together
  • Turn onto a floured bench and knead until mixture is a smooth dough
  • Roll mixture to approx 4mm or ⅐ inch thick. Refrigerate dough for 30 minutes
  • Use a 6½ cm round cookie cutter to cut biscuits, then place onto a lined tray. After cutting the cookies, you can stack the scraps and re-roll the dough to cut the remaining cookies. You may need to refrigerate again if the dough softens too much.
  • Bake for 15 mins, then remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 mins, before moving them to a cooling rack

Assembly

  • Once cooled, sandwich 2 cookies together with warmed raspberry jam -around ½-1 teaspoon for each sandwich cookie
  • Mix the icing sugar and milk to form a thick glaze, then spread onto the top of each sandwich cookie
  • Top with half a glaće cherry