Kingston Biscuits

[virginiaqda]

oh yummy yummy!! I will def make these for an upcomming party. Kingstons are my fav. Thanks

[judydawn]

I think a level teaspoonful of the mixture would end up more the size of the bought biscuits but you would have to watch them closely as they will cook quicker.  A smaller biscuit would be a nice addition to a high tea spread.

I've never made ganache before but how easy is that to make

Glad you liked them fundj.

[Very Happy Jan]

I think these must has been delicious JD. I was smacking hands left right and centre to keep the biscuits safe so I could put the ganache in. Then I went out for a while and they were all gone when I got home. I didn't even get to try one   

[judydawn]

    Make them on a weekday next time Jan so that you don't miss out.

[cookie1]

I made these yesterday and everyone liked them. DH commented on the coconut of course, but he still ate them. Next time I'll make them smaller so we don't eat so much with one biscuit.

[dede]

Made these today, yum yum, dont think they will last to long. I had some left over Ganache so I used the rest up and joined some butternut snap biscuits I had in the cupboard, so now I have heaps of kingston's. Thanks for sharing the recipe. Will be a regular in this house. 

[KerrynN]

I made these this afternoon. I substituted 70g of wholemeal SR flour and used 20g of fresh coconut as I didn't have quite enough dessicated and I had made coconut milk today.

I think that my mixture must have been moister because I wasn't able to squash the balls with a fork at all - the mixture just stuck to the fork. The biscuits ended up a bit bigger than they probably should have too.

They are not as crunchy as their name sake either, in fact they are quite a moist cookie - would this be due to the wetter mixture?

Still yummy though. Thanks JD.

[judydawn]

I guess so Kerryn, mine were crunchy.  I will be making mine smaller next time - just a level tspn of mixture.

[fundj&e]

JD I froze 6 little balls of the Kingston biscuits yesterday (**** day)

I baked them this morning, absolutely beautiful 
Only took ½ hour to defrost   

ciao

[joynatalie]

I usually have trouble finding a vegetarian thickened crew (they use gelatin ) does the collective experience of this form have any suggestions to thicken the cream or use something else?

[judydawn]

JD I froze 6 little balls of the Kingston biscuits yesterday (**** day)

I baked them this morning, absolutely beautiful 
Only took ½ hour to defrost   

ciao

Great idea fundj, a whole batch is far too many for the 2 of us seeing as I am the only one who eats biscuits 

[judydawn]

I usually have trouble finding a vegetarian thickened crew (they use gelatin ) does the collective experience of this form have any suggestions to thicken the cream or use something else?

Is it only thickened cream which contains gelatine? Could you use coconut cream and chocolate as a ganache?

[CreamPuff63]

these biccies have my name on them so to speak. Thanks JD, and will use level tspns as per tweaks. I hate bought biccies, and my rule is to only eat home made ones.

[knittercook]

I usually have trouble finding a vegetarian thickened crew (they use gelatin ) does the collective experience of this form have any suggestions to thicken the cream or use something else?

Is it only thickened cream which contains gelatine? Could you use coconut cream and chocolate as a ganache?

Yes JD, only thickened cream has gelatine, pouring cream is pure cream.

[judydawn]

Thanks Sharon, so to help joynatalie out, can you make ganache from pure cream?