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Custard Cookies

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Custard Cookies

Tiny and delicious bites of the most melt-in-your mouth, crumbly cookies ever!! Easy to make, and they taste outstanding!
Servings 40 cookies

Ingredients
  

  • 2 cups all-purpose/plain flour
  • 1/2 cup custard powder
  • 1/2 cup pure icing sugar
  • 250 gm unsalted butter
  • 1 tsp. vanilla essence

Instructions
 

  • Bring the butter to room temperature. Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees C.
    If you have a food processor, mix the butter with icing and vanilla. Process for a couple of minutes or until well combined. You can use a hand-mixer.
    Add the flour and custard. Pulse until JUST well combined. Do not over-process coz then your cookies won’t have a fine delicate crumbly texture.
    Shape as desired and bake on greased trays! (12-15minutes)

Notes

I rolled teeny balls with my hands, placed them on the tray and flattened them slightly with a fork. Dip the fork in flour to avoid it sticking to the cookies. If the cookies crumble or crack during shaping, add a few drops of milk and try again.

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          1. Hi, yes just replace some of
            Hi, yes just replace some of the flour with cocoa powder.

  1. Salams, in this recipe, the “cups” that you have written, are they teh normal tea cups or can i use a mug, the normal size mug?

    1. Hi! I got my partner to translate for me because I do not speak Urdu. No idea how Sooper n Bakery biscuits usually are, but these are the crumbly melt-in-your-mouth kind of cookies.

  2. as.kum iwant to ask about butter,if i dont have butter can i use magarine like blue band,does it work with your recepies,plsss.

    1. W/Salaam, no please use icing sugar for this recipe otherwise the results will not be the same.

  3. hi fauzia i just want to ask if we can use custard of any flavor or a specific flavor will work best regards

  4. Assalamu alaikum fauziaji…i am a big fan of u till now which ever recipe i tried of urs was a big hit say, chicken bread, pizza rolls, bread cones and alll…in am at present making ur nutty fruity biscuits…. I just wanted to ask does these custard biscuits tast like gooday biscuits? Thank u very much for all ur recipes and the wonderful description of it… Luvv fadia

    1. W/Salaam, thanks for your lovely feedback. Sorry but I don’t know what gooday biscuits are so cannot be sure if those resemble these.

  5. can u name a durable food processor which can grind dry ingredients,chop,slice,puree vegetables and mix dough.

  6. Aslm Alkm, I tried out the recipe n the cookies were hard. What did I do wrong as all the other recipes I’ve tried out have been super

    1. W/Salaam, did you make any changes to the recipe at all? Did you overmix the cookie dough? How long did you bake them for?

  7. Aslm Alkm Fauzia. Thank you so much for your delicious recipes…am ur big fan! Kindly what’s maida? What flour type is it? I thought one could use wheat flour instead….

  8. Salam Aleikum.
    I would like to ask..will it be ok if i use finely grinded sugar instead of the icing sugar?

    1. W/Salaam, icing sugar has cornflour in it which gives the cookies a melt-in-mouth texture. Grinded sugar will not have the extra ingredient. You can add 2 tbsp of cornflour in every cup of sugar then grind together and use.

  9. Salam ur doing a great job:)
    As I will be making d icing sugar at home I wanted to know how much of colour should I use? Four tbsp? and mixed with sugar or flour?

  10. fauzia plz tell me again the method of icing sugar.2 tbsp cornflour per cup of sugar or flour?plz specify………..
    ur recipies are so practical and easy i made baked nans,pound cake,nan khatai etc and they turned awsome MASHALLAH.JAZAKALLAH KHAIR.

  11. Hi,
    250g of sugar is well over a cup. don’t u think it is bit to much? i tried them last year. they smelled fantastic but they got melted while baking as the batter was kind of floating in butter. not sure, what went wrong with me. could u please assist?

    1. Hi, this is ICING SUGAR not normal sugar. So 250gm is just right. Did you use normal sugar? Coz no way they would have melted if you used icing sugar.

    1. W/Salaam, yes that is fine, just try to avoid over-handling the mixture…be very quick when mixing. 🙂

  12. Salami fouzia
    Can u plz tell …. 250 grams of butter will b how much ….. 1 cup or 1 and half cup..?

  13. Dear,Plz tell me how much
    Dear,Plz tell me how much icing sugar in Custard cookies recipe,you mention half cup icing sugar in Ingredients list,Is it enough for the recipe?. Can i use more icing sugar,i thing this quantity is low.plz reply me soon, i want to try this recipe……….

    1. You can but it may make your
      You can but it may make your cookie dough drier. The amount should be perfect actually. You can then dip the cookies in chocolate and let them set if you prefer to have them sweeter.

  14. 1/2 cup custard powder mean 4
    1/2 cup custard powder mean 4 tablespoons or 8 tablespoons(heaped),how many grams?.

  15. Asak fauzia . Will half a cup
    Asak fauzia . Will half a cup of icing sugar b 60gms (im comparing it with ur flour measurement as the consistency of both is the same ) or shld I take ur sugar measurement and divide it into half ?

  16. Salaam . How much will half a
    Salaam . How much will half a cup of icing sugar b in gms ?

  17. Salam Fauzia, thanks for ur
    Salam Fauzia, thanks for ur recipes:)..wanted to ask if using salted butter would change the taste of the cookies? I desperately want to bake these but only have salted butter 🙁

    1. W/Salaam, salted butter is
      W/Salaam, salted butter is fine, I use it sometimes when I run out of unsalted and it gives great results. 🙂

  18. assalamu alaikum fauzia
    assalamu alaikum fauzia
    going to start baking with ur jeera and custard cookies insha allah. let me know if greaseproof paper is a must (as i could not find them ..)or just greasing on tray is fine..
    jazakallahu khairan

    1. W/Salaam, yes that is fine.
      W/Salaam, yes that is fine. Just lightly butter the tray to avoid the cookies sticking to the tray.

  19. Salaams Fauzia aunty, hope
    Salaams Fauzia aunty, hope Ramadhan is coming along well for you…can I add an egg to enhance the flavor or is it okay the way it is? Thanks 🙂

  20. Salaams, I am 14. I don’t
    Salaams, I am 14. I don’t know if you remember my previous comments but I am really inspired by your website 😀

  21. Salam fauzia, I would like to
    Salam fauzia, I would like to try your custard biscuits they look very yummy but just wanted to confirm that I have got measuring cups and in that 1 cup is 250gms and half cup is 125gm. So can I use my measuring cups for this recipe or use your measurements in which one cup flour is 120gms. I want to try this recipe tomorrow so please reply as soon as possible.

    1. W/Salaam. Just to clarify for
      W/Salaam. Just to clarify for you, the cups may SAY 250gm, but really it depends on the ingredient being measured. Not all ingredients weigh the same. For example if you take 2 exact same bags, fill one with rocks and another with feathers, obviously one will weigh more than the other even though the SIZE of the bag is the same. Get me? So 1 cup of flour is ALWAYS 120gm. and 1 cup of sugar will always be 200gm. Same cup, different ingredients so different weights. Best to go by a scale to confirm how much your cup can hold of each ingredient.

  22. Salam fauzia,
    Salam fauzia,
    Your recipes are delicious and yummilicious..thanks for sharing them with us.i am going to try ur custard cookies today….can I add a pinch of salt because my toddler is not so fond of sweet biscuits.thank you

    1. W/Salaam, yes you can
      W/Salaam, yes you can although if you use salted butter it will have that extra touch of salt. 🙂

  23. Asalamu alaikm
    Asalamu alaikm
    FAUZIA ur recipies are awesome n delicious… I love to eat n make ur recipes…. May Allah bless you… Ameen
    can I use 1 egg in this mixture because my batter is some dry?

    1. W/Salaam, am a bit worried
      W/Salaam, am a bit worried about the addition of an egg, normally the amount of butter used in the recipe should be more than enough. Did you measure out the flour and other ingredients accurately?

  24. Yes I measured…. if egg is
    Yes I measured…. if egg is not suitable for this recipe…. can I use more butter or what u suggest?

    1. Am worried that the addition
      Am worried that the addition of butter will throw the balance off and the cookies may end up being too greasy. Am really surprised as this is a recipe that has been tried by very many people and it seems to have worked out ok with the ratio of ingredients given. You can try and add a little bit of beaten egg, it probably would be a safer bet than adding more butter.

  25. Thnx… I follow ur recipes
    Thnx… I follow ur recipes same as they are… well will try adding 1 egg In Shaa Allah….

  26. Salam…its very crumbly..how
    Salam…its very crumbly..how can i give shape of cookies..pls help me

    1. W/Salaam, did you make
      W/Salaam, did you make changes in the ingredients? It shouldn’t be crumbly. You can add a bit of milk.

  27. Amazing recipe! Tried it the
    Amazing recipe! Tried it the classic way yesterday and did a chocolate batch today. My niece can’t get enough of these!
    p.s. I JUST started baking so this was the very first thing I tried. Bless you for making it so easy! =)

  28. Assalam.
    Assalam.
    Will u plz name some brands of unsalted butter coz here in Malawi mostly products come from Kenya

    1. W/Salaam, I use the kenyan
      W/Salaam, I use the kenyan KCC butter or Brookside butter. You can use either salted or unsalted, either one will be fine for this recipe.

  29. Salamz fauzia… I tried
    Salamz fauzia… I tried these cookies yesterday n ma sha Allah it’s really awesome n easy recipe… Everybody luv this cookies especially my lil son.. Jazakallah

  30. Salaams! Wanted to know if I can use margarine instead of butter? If yes, should the quantity be the same?

    1. W/Salaam, margarine will not give the exact same results in texture and flavour but yes you can. And yes the quantity should be maintained same.

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