Simply Wonderful

Firstly, make sure the butter is at room temperature. I have used First Choice butter for this recipe but feel free to use whichever brand – I do not recommend using margarine as the taste will not be the same.

Add the butter to a mixing bowl.

To the butter, add in sifted icing (confectionery) sugar.

Cream the butter & the icing (confectionery) sugar using a wooden spoon or an electric mixer.

Add in the milk powder. I use the Klim brand. (Please refrain from using creamers such as Cremora – only use milk powders).

The mixture can be left as is, however, I added in some cardamom (elachi) powder. Nuts &/or desiccated coconut may also be added if preffered.

Mix with a spoon until combined.

Next, use your hands to knead the dough until it becomes soft with a fondant like texture. The dough should not be sticky.

Next I used a tablespoon as a guide to scoop the mixture so that it can be almost the same sizes when rolled.

Roll the portions into a ball using the palm of your hands.

Continue this process until all the dough has been rolled.

To make them a bit more fancy, I popped each one of them into mini foil liners.

Place them into a container.

At this point they can be decorated with edible beads, glitter or gold/silver leaf. I added silver beads to them.

Cover them with a lid or cling wrap & refrigerate for at least 1 ½ hours so that they can set.

Once they have set, these Simply Wonderful’s can be enjoyed.

They make for delicious Eid or Diwali/Deepavali parcels.

These sweetmeats are milky & oh so delicious.