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Pour in the milk and vanilla and bring together into a dough. Remove the bowl from the mixer and knead the dough gently in the bowl with your hands. Flatten the dough into a disc but take care not to overwork it. Cover the dough with clingfilm and put it in the fridge to chill for one hour. When all the egg white or as much of it as possible has been removed from the yolk, tip the egg yolk into your mixing bowl.

Now, add the vanilla. If your kids are still quite young, you might need to hold the spoon while they pour in the vanilla or vice versa. Older children should be able to do this themselves. Preheat your oven to 180C / 160C Fan / 350F and line 2-3 baking trays with baking or parchment paper. Cream the butter and sugar These easy homemade custard creams are perfect with a cup of tea. They’re a beautiful crumbly biscuit filled with a custard flavoured buttercream, and a classic biscuit to have in any biscuit tin. Once you’ve tried this easy recipe you’ll never want shop bought ones again! What is a custard cream?

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Cream together the butter, icing sugar, custard powder, vanilla and milk. Beat until smooth, pale and the consistency of spreadable butter. Step Two: Using a palette knife or butter knife spread over a layer of buttercream onto half the biscuits. Next, pair up the biscuits with another half that is roughly the same size and shape (as they will vary slightly). Sandwich the two halves together gently. Top Tips There is something very satisfying about mastering a classic biscuit recipe like the beloved Custard Cream. Once you know how easy it is to make one of the nation's favourite biscuits at home you can whip up a batch (or two) and keep them stashed in your biscuit tin. British classic

Fit an electric mixer with the paddle attachment and sift the flour, baking powder, custard powder and icing sugar into the bowl. Mix to combine then add in the cubed butter and mix until the ingredients look like fine sand.The Custard Cream Biscuit Tin is the ideal gift for that someone that loves a biccy with their hourly cuppa. The tin itself looks like a giant Custard Cream, and is reusable. Bake the biscuits in the oven for around 12 minutes. They’re ready when they have started to turn a little golden brown at the edges. Press the biscuits down a little with your hands or a fork. If your kids are too young to help rolling the balls, this is a great step for them to help with instead. Or if you have more than one child helping you, give one the job of rolling the balls while the other does the flattening. Roll small pieces of dough (the size of a walnut or teaspoon’s worth) into round balls. Place on your prepared baking trays, leaving space between them for spreading. I find it works best if I give the kids the right amount of dough, and they roll it, otherwise the biscuits all end up different sizes.