I was off to pick up Ella from dancing and I promised Alana when I got home I would make Yo Yo's for her. She had tried them at a friend's house a few weeks before and thought them yummy. My usual reply was "we can do that"... It's become a catch cry with me, I seem to think my girls can do or make anything...
She asked me to leave the recipe with her to look at before I went... I got back home to this!!!
My clever girl had made them AND what it impressed me the most is she said "mum I remembered to take photos for your blog"... well I beamed with pride... there was my girl supporting me little addiction to blogging!!!!Note the little blooms for decoration, the glass of milk as a serving suggestion, two shots from different angles, man she had it all covered, the before icing and the after icing... the sliding of one biscuit off the other to properly show the filling... this girl is going places... The Grasshopper has surpassed the Master (if only I was one) and all is good!!!
Like Mother, like Daughter...
Vida x
Biscuits
185g butter
60g icing sugar
60g custard powder
185g plain flour
60g icing sugar
60g custard powder
185g plain flour
Icing
2 tablespoons of butter, softened
4 tablespoons of icing sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla essence4 tablespoons of icing sugar
Pre-heat oven to 160 c.
For the biscuits, cream the butter and icing sugar until pale. Sift your dry ingredients and mix into your creamed butter and sugar mix.
Roll teaspoonfuls into balls and place on tray. With a fork, flatten your biscuit mix slightly by dragging the fork across, thus giving a pattern too.
Bake in oven for 15-18 minutes.
Leave on tray for 5 minutes to cool slightly. Slide off tray onto wire rack to cool completely.
Leave on tray for 5 minutes to cool slightly. Slide off tray onto wire rack to cool completely.
Icing
Cream all ingredients together and use to sandwich two biscuits together, giving you a Yo Yo.
Cream all ingredients together and use to sandwich two biscuits together, giving you a Yo Yo.
Enjoy.
24 comments:
Aw, Vida, what a lovely thing for your girl to do - especially, as you say, by also supporting your blogging habit and taking beautiful photos! You lucky thing :)
Hey Claire, I tell you my girls are my pride and joy... I feel on top of the world when they are around me, thank God for high house prices, it means they will never leave home!!!! Vida x x x x
Hi Vida,
Thats awesome. Buttery Goodness!! They look so appetising. Looks like someone has planned the christmas hampers. Sounds like the elves are part of production line!!
:)
Josh, yes elves, I knew there was a reason why I had these girls... Vida x
She loves you :)Great looking bikkies. She is a natural.
P.S. I have added you to my links :)
Hey Squishy, honestly they were delicious, I am very proud of my girls. Thanks for adding me to your links too, I appreciate it, I am new to this caper and it's not easy finding your feet!! Vida x
I have not had a Yo Yo in years! My mom used to make them when I was a child. I now have a craving!
Oh! What a beautiful gesture. How wonderful:)
Anthony, sometimes is nice to go back to old times, my daughters have me reliving life all over again since everything is new to them... Vida x
Duncan, it's all sweetness and honey here!!! LOL (NOT) Cripes they are teenagers after all but we are very close, we are a team us girls!! They are my world, that's for sure... Vida x
Beautiful yoyos! It's great to have family support! Now my whole family always offer their food for me to photographed when the food arrived before they sabotage them :)
Love that girl! And I love yo-yos too! yum!
Christie, she says "right back at you"!!! She is sitting here sewing Ella's dress for her formal tonight. We are talking about "our business" (one day) and we NEED you to sew babie things and join us in the business!! Us girls are a force to be reckoned with!!! Vida x x x
Hungry Hampster, we are blessed!!! Vida x
That is so cute. I love the way your girl set up the picture- glass of milk, biscuits, flower garnish. Absolutely adorable! X
DISASTER!
Maybe it was me singing along to Cher's greatest hits .. but mine failed. Maybe I put a little too much flour but the end mixture was all crumbly and hard to stay together. Are the measurements right?
I'm sitting here staring at baked crumbs :-(
Paul, I can't wait for you to meet my girls, you really will love them, they are the best thing I have ever done in my life!!! Vida x
Mr Disaster, (Anthony) I have checked and double checked that the measurements are right. It's not Cher, it's you, actually it because you're..... NO NO NO NO NO, honey, I have no idea what you did but PLEASE try again, they will soothe your soul, sugar always does that for me. Maybe try it in ounces. 6oz butter, 2oz icing sugar, 2oz custard powder, 6oz plain flour... Vida x x x
I think I put in too much flour :-( I didn't bother putting in the icing as they are mis-shaped. But they taste like yo-yo's .. just a bit floury.
What should the consistence be once eveything is mixed together? Like shortbread?
It is wonderful for your daughter to have the love of cooking and baking as you do Vida. She even took photos!!!!
I love yo-yos, Alana's look great, so professional. So, is it a fight at your place for stove time, but none for kitchen sink time?
Anthony, Alana says yes, like shortbread, quite firm, should be able to roll it into balls then flatten out. I am happy they taste good. Alana says she too misread the recipe and put double the sugar and custard powder but they tasted good anyway! Vida x
Bellini valli, hello and welcome!! I was beaming with pride, my girls are very supportive of me, I guess somewhere along the line I did something right and taught to be kind to others. I was really impressed she remembered to do it all!! Vida x
Neil, you read us like a book!!! No one ever fights me for the dishes!!! I do sometimes rant and rave and they help, can't expect too much from teenage girls! Vida x
Hi Vida,
Your daughter is clever indeed! And what a bonus that she remembered to even take photos for your blog.
Funnily enough, I say "we can do that" a lot to my partner when he wants to buy something from the bakery or cafe. ;-)
Nora (from Sydney)
Nora, I am with you, yes to all the bakery and cafe requests!!! Vida x Thanks for visiting too! x
She's very good, she must be encouraged Vida!
Ilva, I do, all the time, I love my girls with every fibre in my soul and I would give them anything... Vida x x
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