Melting Moments with citrus cream is a delicious melt in mouth butter biscuits with citrus cream filling. This citrus lingering butter cookies are easy to make and gets ready within 30 minutes from start to finish.
These cookies are ultimate ones to taste with citrus note ,it's truly magical. With holiday baking this recipe is a winner you can enjoy with family and friends. Also its a perfect for gifting.
If you like to bake cookies and biscuits then you must definitely try my peanut butter cookies with homemade peanut butter, coconut cookies , ragi almond cookies and wholewheat biscuits. Incase if you like to try Indian flavors then try out my unique cookie sandwich recipe with shrikhand filling.
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About this recipe
Melting Moments with citrus cream is a delicious melt in mouth butter biscuits with citrus cream filling.
This recipe is from Master Chef Australia Season 4 where Julia did these Melting Moments to win Immunity pin ! I was so excited to see these goodies then and tried out the recipe....., Alas ! it was such a disaster , may be I had not measured the ingredients right. Tried couple of times and finally nailed it.
I adapted this recipe from MasterChef Australia. Actual recipe called for Raspberry jam and vanilla buttercream for filling but I changed it to citrus cream using orange! Alternatively , You can check out the recipe from Taste.com.au
True to it's name these biscuits are melting moments , It just melts in mouth and lingering cream filling just makes you lost .
You need to try this easy melting moments recipe because
- Tastes awesome
- easy to make
- needs minimal ingredients
- perfect for holiday and gifting
- kids favorite
Ingredients
To make this delicious melt in mouth butter biscuits , you just need 5 basic ingredients from pantry.
And making citrus cream frosting is so simple that you just need to grab an orange , butter and sugar. I bet you'll definitely get lost with these cream biscuits.
Melting moments ingredients
All purpose flour - all purpose flour / refined flour works well here. Alternatively, you can combinedly use whole wheat flour + refined flour in 1:1 ratio to equate all purpose flour . But my choice is APF in these biscuits it should melt in your mouth.
Custard Powder - Unsweetened custard powder with vanilla flavor works great in this recipe . If you don't have custard powder then feel free to use corn flour and 1 tablespoon of icing sugar to equate to the custard powder amount. If using custard powder then use 2-3 drops of vanilla extract in your wet ingredients.
Unsalted Butter - Use softened unsalted butter . Though I use salted butter in most of my baking recipes, in this recipe use Unsalted butter. As the amount of butter in the recipe is more, if you use salted butter , you'll end up with salted biscuits.
Powdered Sugar - You can use powdered sugar or castor sugar.
Baking powder and Salt - for the perfect rise , you need some salts together.
Citrus cream filling ingredients
Orange Zest - I prefer orange zest , you can combine both lime and orange zest together.
Fresh Orange Juice - Squeeze out from fresh orange juice , though very little amount is required , fresh juice is always best .
Icing Sugar - Use iced sugar or sieve powdered sugar and use in your recipe. As sugar need to be super fine for frosting.
Butter - Unsalted softened butter for that creamy texture.
Variations
You can go creative in filling , Strawberry buttercream, blueberry cream , vanilla buttercream , Lime cream are few of the best filling that fits into these biscuits.
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How to make Melting moments biscuits
To make melting moments biscuits
Preheat oven to 170 deg Celsius.
In a mixing bowl add softened unsalted butter and beat until creamy.
To this add powdered sugar , custard powder and beat until light in texture.
Mix everything with a spatula.
Scoop ½ tablespoon of cookie dough , shape them with hands , press them lightly
and place on a prepared baking tray.
Bake butter cookies at 170 deg Celsius for 16-18 minutes.
Remove from the oven , transfer cookies over a wired rack to cool.
For citrus cream filling
Whilst biscuits are baking, prepare citrus cream filling. Finely grate orange to get 2 teaspoon of orange zest. Note : Be careful while grating, you shouldn't grate white part of the orange.
Cut orange and squeeze to get fresh orange juice.
Into a mixing bowl , add softened unsalted butter, icing sugar , orange zest and orange juice.
Whisk well briskly to make the cream smooth and light.
Once the creamy turns silken and smooth , fill into a piping bag.
To assemble
Once the biscuits are completely cool, pipe citrus cream on to the flat side of the biscuits.
Cover with another biscuit and serve.
You can store these cookies in a airtight box up to 4-5 days , but it can never last so long.
Recipe
Melting Moments with citrus cream
Ingredients
For butter biscuits
- 125 grams of unsalted butter softened
- ¼ cup icing Sugar
- ⅓ cup custard Powder
- ¾ cup all purpose flour
- ¾ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 pinch of salt
For citrus cream
- 50 grams softened unsalted butter
- ½ cup Icing Sugar
- 2 teaspoon orange zest - finely grated
- 1 tablespoon Orange Juice
Instructions
To make melting moments biscuits
- Preheat oven to 170 deg celsius.
- In a mixing bowl add softened unsalted butter and beat until creamy.
- To this add powdered sugar , custard powder and beat until light in texture.
- Place a sieve above the mixing bowl , add app purpose flour , baking powder and pinch of salt.
- Sift flour directly over the mixing bowl.
- Mix everything with a spatula.
- Scoop ½ tablespoon of cookie dough , shape them with hands , press them lightly and place on a prepared baking tray.
- Bake butter cookies at 170 deg celsius for 16-18 minutes.
- Remove from the oven , transfer cookies over a wired rack to cool.
For citrus cream filling
- Whilst biscuits are baking, prepare citrus cream filling.
- Finely grate orange to get 2 teaspoon of orange zest. Be careful while grating, you shouldn't grate white part of the orange.
- Cut orange and squeeze to get fresh orange juice.
- Into a mixing bowl , add softened unsalted butter, icing sugar , orange zest and orange juice.
- Whisk well briskly to make the cream smooth and light.
- Once the creamy turns silken and smooth , fill into a piping bag.
To assemble
- Once the biscuits are completely cool, pipe citrus cream on to the flat side of the biscuits.
- Cover with another biscuit and serve.
- You can store these cookies in a airtight box.
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FAQ's
What can I substitute for Custard Powder?
If you don't have custard powder then feel free to use corn flour and 1 tablespoon of icing sugar to equate to the custard powder amount. If using custard powder then use 2-3 drops of vanilla extract in your wet ingredients.
Can I swap All purpose flour with Whole wheat flour?
Yes , you can . But my choice is APF in these biscuits as it should melt in your mouth. Rather than completely going for whole wheat , alternatively, you can combinedly use whole wheat flour + refined flour in 1:1 ratio to equate all purpose flour .
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