Monte Carlos

Name: Monte Carlos
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 32 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 200g butter, softened; 1/2 cup icing sugar; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1 cup plain flour; 1/2 cup self-raising flour; 1/2 cup desiccated coconut; 1 cup icing sugar; 80g butter, softened; 2 tbsp strawberry jam; 1 tsp milk

Buttery Aussie biscuits sandwiched with coconut jam cream, a classic biscuit tin staple. Pressing a fork pattern into each biscuit before baking isn't just decorative — it also helps them bake through evenly without doming in the centre.

Total time

32 min

Prep

20 min

Cook

12 min

Difficulty

easy

Cuisine

Australian

vegetarian

Ingredients

200gbutter, softened

1/2 cupicing sugar

1 tspvanilla extract

1 cupplain flour

1/2 cupself-raising flour

1/2 cupdesiccated coconut

1 cupicing sugar

80gbutter, softened

2 tbspstrawberry jam

1 tspmilk

Instructions

Beat butter, icing sugar and vanilla until pale and fluffy.

Mix in both flours and coconut. Roll into walnut-sized balls and flatten on lined trays.

Use a fork to press a pattern. Bake at 180°C for 12 minutes. Cool.

Beat filling: icing sugar, butter, jam and milk until smooth.

Sandwich biscuits together with a teaspoon of filling.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement.

Calories

917

Protein

6.1g

Fat

63.9g

Carbs

83g

Fiber

Sodium

108mg

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