Ingredients:

• 120g – Custard powder
• 250g – Plain flour
• 100g – Ground Almonds
• 260g – Margarine/butter
• 190g – Castor Sugar
• 1 tsp – Vanilla essence
• 1 tsp – Nescafe coffee powder, mixed with 1 tsp hot water
• 1 – Egg
• Glazing:
• 1/2 – Egg (beaten)
• Decorations:
• 60g – Chocolate Rice

Method:

1. Beat butter and egg until creamy and fluffy.
2. Add in vanilla essence, coffee mixture, egg and ground almonds.
3. Beat further to combine all the ingredients.
4. Finally fold in the dried ingredients (custard and plain flour) bit by bit.
5. Flatten the dough with a rolling pin and use cutters of your choice.
6. Glaze with beaten egg and decorate with chocolate rice.
7. Preheat oven to 180C and bake the cookies for 20 minutes.

Recipe courtesy of Sify Bawarchi