Original Be-Ro Melting Moments-Afternoon Tea Biscuits or Cookies

Ingredients

• 5 ounces soft butter or soft margarine
• 3 ounces caster sugar
• 2 teaspoons vanilla essence or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 5 ounces self raising flour
• desiccated coconut or oats
• glace cherry

Directions

1. 1

   Heat oven to 180ºC, 350ºF, Gas Mark 4. Grease two baking trays.

2. 2

   Cream the butter or margarine with the sugar until very light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla essence or extract.

3. 3

   Stir in the flour and mix well.

4. 4

   Roll walnut sized pieces of the mixture into balls and toss in rolled oats or desiccated coconut.

5. 5

   Cut each glace cherry into quarters, for quarter for each melting moment.

6. 6

   Place on baking trays, flatten slightly and place a small piece of cherry on each biscuit. Bake for 10-15 minutes until golden brown but NOT dark brown.

7. 7

   N.B. To help shape "ball" type biscuits, slightly dampen the hands.