{"id":1032,"slug":"custard-creams","title":"Custard Creams","description":"Custard creams are a variety of sandwich cookie (US) or biscuit (UK).","ingredients_raw":["200 g (7.1 oz / 1½ cups) plain flour, plus extra for dusting","1 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda","1 pinch of salt","80 g (2.8 oz / ⅔ stick) unsalted butter","125 g (4.4 oz / ⅝ cup) superfine sugar","1 teaspoon vanilla extract","1 standard (50 g) egg","180 g (6.3 oz / ¾ cup) thick custard, such as pastry cream"],"ingredients_norm":["plain flour","baking soda","salt","unsalted butter","superfine sugar","vanilla extract","standard egg","thick custard such as pastry cream"],"steps":["Combine the flour, bicarbonate of soda, and salt in a bowl.","Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla in a mixing bowl until soft and fluffy.","Beat in the egg.","Fold the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, and bring together until a dough forms.","Knead the dough for 2 minutes on a floured surface until smooth.","Shape the dough into a flat disc. Cover with clingfilm and chill for 30 minutes.","Preheat the oven to 190 C.","Line 2 baking trays with parchment paper.","Roll out the dough to 5 mm thick.","Cut out into 24 circles with a cookie cutter.","Transfer the biscuits to the prepared baking trays.","Bake for 10–12 minutes until well-cooked.","Place the biscuits on a wire rack and leave to cool completely.","Spoon 1 tablespoon of custard onto one biscuit. Sandwich it together with another biscuit.","Repeat the biscuit assembly, using remaining biscuits and custard.","Enjoy!"],"categories":["Cookie recipes","Recipes for dessert","Recipes for custard","Recipes for cookies","Recipes using butter","Recipes using baking soda","Recipes using superfine sugar","Recipes using egg","Recipes using all-purpose flour"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":35,"servings":null,"yield_text":"12 cookies","difficulty":"medium","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Custard_Creams","source_ref":"4517596","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Custard_Creams&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"f528f54e00f3f56f9979539c3470d9df7e7a80e477ea0e887627180df835829e","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:00Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:00Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/custard-creams"}