Lemon Melting Moments

I had a marathon baking session today so I have a few recipes for you to all enjoy. We had friends over so I decided to do some nice biscuits to enjoy in the afternoon, I started off with some lemon melting moments...seemed very appropriate with the lovely sun shine and the daffodils in bloom. They are very simple to make and are so delicate in texture, they are one of my favourite biscuits but its also very easy to eat quite a few of them :))

Lemon Melting Moments

125g butter, softened
3/4 cup (115g) plain flour
1/4 cup (45g) icing sugar mixture
1/3 cup (50g) custard powder or cornflour flour
1/4 tsp vanilla extract
Zest of half a lemon (if you want them more lemony then add more zest)

Filling
150g mascarpone
1 -2 tbsp icing sugar
Zest of one lemon

Preheat oven to 160°C. Line a baking tray with baking paper. beat butter until pale and creamy. Add the flour, icing sugar, custard/cornflour powder, vanilla extract and lemon zest and use a wooden spoon to stir until combined. (You may need to use your hands to being the dough together)
Use your hands to roll teaspoonsful of the dough mixture into balls. Place the balls 3cm apart on the lined trays. Use a fork dusted in icing sugar to gently flatten. Bake in preheated oven, for 15 minutes or until just cooked through. Remove from oven and set aside for 30 minutes to cool.
Mix your mascarpone with 1tbsp of icing sugar and the zest of one lemon.
Use a piping bag to pipe onto the flat side of one of the melting moments and then gently press the other biscuit to sandwich the mascarpone into the middle...continue with the rest