Apple-Filled Biscuits

Ingredients

• 200 g butter
• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 sachet baking powder
• Plain flour as needed (about 3 cups)
• For the filling: 3 grated apples, half a cup of granulated sugar, 1 teaspoon cinnamon, a handful of crushed walnuts
• Icing sugar for dusting

Method

1. Cook the grated apple with the granulated sugar in a pan until the liquid has gone.
2. Stir in the cinnamon and walnuts and leave the filling to cool.
3. Beat the butter, icing sugar and egg yolk together.
4. Add the baking powder and flour and knead into a soft dough.
5. Take a walnut-sized piece, flatten it in your palm, place a little filling in the middle and close it up.
6. Arrange on a lined tray and bake at 180 °C for 25 minutes.
7. Once cool, sift icing sugar over the top.