Nicky-l-g's Mushrooms

Total Time: 57 mins Preparation Time: 45 mins Cook Time: 12 mins

Ingredients

• 90 g butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1/3 cup caster sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 2/3 cups plain flour
• 1/3 cup raspberry jam
• 1/3 cup crushed mixed nuts
• 2 teaspoons cocoa
• 90 g butter
• 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
• 1/3 cup caster sugar
• 1/3 cup milk
• 1/3 cup water

Recipe

• 1 beat butter, essence and sugar until smooth and creamy.
• 2 add egg, beat until just combined.
• 3 stir in sifted flour.
• 4 turn mixture onto lightly floured surface, knead gently until smooth. cover and refridgerate 30 minutes.
• 5 roll pastry out to 2mm and cut 6 1/2 cm rounds. place into greased shallow patty pans. this makes the cases.
• 6 to make the stalks, roll pastry scraps into a log and cut 30 stalks 1 1/2cm long. place on lightly greased oven tray and bake cases and stalks in mod hot oven for about 12minutes or until lightly browned.
• 7 flatten pastry cases about half way through cooking with back of spoon to remove air bubbles. cool on wire racks.
• 8 spread inside of each pastry case with about 1/2tsp jam, sprinkle with about 1/2tsp nuts. spread about 2 level tsp filling into each case. sprkle with a little sifted cocoa and press a stalk into the filling.
• 9 filing: have butter and milk at room temperature beat butter, essence and sugar in small bowl with mixer until as as possible. gradually beat in milk and water a teaspoon at a time.