🍪 Custard Cream Sandwich Cookies ✨

Delicate buttery cookies filled with smooth vanilla custard cream — melt-in-your-mouth treats perfect for tea time or gifting! 💛☕

📝 Ingredients

🍪 For the Cookies

• 200g all-purpose flour
• 50g custard powder (like Bird’s custard powder)
• 100g unsalted butter, softened
• 80g powdered sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2–3 tbsp milk

✨ For the Filling

• 100g unsalted butter, softened
• 150g powdered sugar
• 1–2 tbsp custard powder
• 1 tsp vanilla extract

👩‍🍳 Instructions

1️⃣ Make the Dough

Cream together the butter and powdered sugar until light and fluffy.

Add vanilla extract and mix well.

Sift in:

• all-purpose flour
• custard powder

Mix until a soft dough forms.

Add milk little by little if needed to bring the dough together.

2️⃣ Shape the Cookies

Roll out the dough to about 5mm thickness.

Cut into:

• rectangles
• circles
• or classic oval custard cream shapes ✨

Place cookies onto a lined baking tray.

3️⃣ Bake

Bake in a preheated oven at 170°C (340°F) for 12–15 minutes.

The cookies should remain pale with lightly golden edges.

Allow them to cool completely before filling.

4️⃣ Make the Filling

Beat butter until creamy and smooth.

Add:

• powdered sugar
• custard powder
• vanilla extract

Beat until fluffy and silky.

5️⃣ Assemble

Spread or pipe the custard filling onto one cookie.

Top with another cookie to create a sandwich.

Gently press together.