Nutty Cream Cones
By: Anonymous
Published: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 - 10:30pm

Ingredients




100 grams butter
100 grams icing sugar
2 egg whites
5 dsh vanilla sauce
100 grams plain flour sifted
3 dsh vanilla essence
3 tablespoons blanched almonds toasted
300 ml double cream

Preparation

1 Oven:Beat together the butter and sugar until light and creamy then beat in the egg whites and stir in the vanilla essence. 2 Stir in the flour a little at a time until completely incorporated. 3 Grease and flour 2 baking sheets and mark about 6 x 10cm circles in the flour on each sheet. 4 On one baking sheet drop the mixture into the marked circles 2 teaspoons at a time and spread it evenly to fill the shape. 5 Bake this first batch in a preheated oven ( 220c/425f/gas7) for 4 minutes. 6 As soon as you take the biscuits from the oven lift them one at a time from the baking sheet and shape them quickly into cones. 7 To do this hold each biscuit in the palm of one hand and with the other wrap 2 sides of the circle to overlap. 8 Stand the cones upright in a dish or casserole until they have cooled. 9 Cook and shape the remaining mixture similarly the biscuits can be stored in an airtight tin for up to 2 days. 10 Stir the vanilla essence and most of the almonds into the cream reserving some for decoration. 11 Just before serving fill the cones with cream and top each one with a toasted almond. 12 Makes about 12 cones 13 Preparation Time: 15 minutes 14 Cooking Time: 8 minutes (in 2 batches)