Homemade Iced VoVo’s
I came across this recipe on the wonderful blog Fig & Cherry. I made a few adjustments, but you can find the original recipe here.
These biscuits are actually super delicious on their own. I may or may not have eaten a whole bunch while I was attempting to ice these. Oh, and while I mention icing, I should warn you: while these are very easy to ice, it did take a bit of patience as it is fiddly work. It was more than worth my time, but there was a few minutes there where I was eyeing off the pile of un-iced cookies wondering if it was really that bad if I didn’t ice all of them… I’m glad I followed through in the end.
1 cup of softened butter
1 cup of sugar
What You Do:
1. In a large bowl cream the butter and sugar. Whisk in the egg until well combined.
2. Combine the two flours and add to the butter mixture, combining until a soft dough forms. Wrap in cling wrap and place in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.
3. Preheat the oven to 150C. Line a tray with baking paper. Divide the pastry in half and roll out each half on a lightly floured surface to around 5mm thick. Cut out 5cm squares from the dough using a sharp knife (or a square cookie cutter if you have one)
4. Place on the lined tray allowing a little room for spreading and bake for 12-15 minutes, or until light golden. Remove to a wire rack to cool completely. Cook in two batches.
5. Sift the icing sugar into a bowl and add the softened butter and enough boiling water to mix to a smooth spreading consistency. I used around 4 tablespoons of water. Add in a couple of drops of food colouring to turn the icing a medium pink colour.
6. Spread a 1cm strip of icing down each side of each biscuit. Spoon the jam down the middle and smooth into an even strip. Ensure the cookies are covered completely then sprinkle liberally with the coconut. Leave on a wire rack to set completely.
thecitygourmand
September 13, 2012 at 11:25 pmProps to you for making these! I’m sure you can give the biscuit companies a run for their money!
Heidi
September 15, 2012 at 12:50 pmThese were my favourite biscuits as a child :) I love how yours turned out! x
Rickie Wilson
September 4, 2014 at 9:15 pmI don’t have all the ingredients in my pantry but now I really want an iced vo vo (or iced Volvo as my son calls them.) Omg. Best biscuits ever!
Dani
September 5, 2014 at 12:18 amlol! I will forever call them iced volvo’s in honour of your son ;)