Original Be-Ro Melting Moments-Afternoon Tea Biscuits Or Cookies - cooking recipe

Ingredients

5 ounces soft butter or 5 ounces soft margarine
3 ounces caster sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla essence or 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
5 ounces self raising flour
desiccated coconut or oats
glace cherries

Preparation

Heat oven to 180\u00b0C, 350\u00b0F, Gas Mark 4. Grease two baking trays.
Cream the butter or margarine with the sugar until very light and fluffy. Beat in the vanilla essence or extract.
Stir in the flour and mix well.
Roll walnut sized pieces of the mixture into balls and toss in rolled oats or desiccated coconut.
Cut each glace cherry into quarters, for quarter for each melting moment.
Place on baking trays, flatten slightly and place a small piece of cherry on each biscuit. Bake for 10-15 minutes until golden brown but NOT dark brown.
N.B. To help shape \"ball\" type biscuits, slightly dampen the hands.