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Home » Biscuits and Cookies » Malted Milk Sandwich Biscuits.

Malted Milk Sandwich Biscuits.

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These Malted Milk sandwich Biscuits are just the most wonderful biscuity mouthfuls. My children love them as much as I do too. It's something about the maltiness combined with the chocolate filling that makes me feel like I'm giving them something healthy as well as delicious.

malted milk biscuits in a metal tin lined with white paper with a cutter to the side and a butter knife

Malted Milk Sandwich Biscuits

These biscuits are malty sweet with a little crunch.I have used chocolate icing but you could use vanilla or whatever you fancy.

This recipe is from Bake it Better Biscuits by Annie Rigg, part of the Great British Bake off Series.

My children love them and I love that I can get the children involved in helping me too. The patterns on top are super cute and look like buttons. I feel like a creative genius.

Malted Milk flavouring is in both the biscuits (think maltesers) and the chocolate icing. Malted Milk  is a drink usually made with hot milk and a powder made from malt extract.

*Scroll down to the bottom of the post for a full printable recipe card*

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Ingredients

  • 150 grams (5.3 oz) unsalted butter room temp
  • 100 grams(3.5 oz) caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
  • 1 medium egg
  • 1 medium egg yolk
  • 250 grams (8.8 oz) plain flour
  • 75 grams (2.65 oz) malted milk powder like Ovaltine
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt

For the icing

  • 100 grams (3.5 oz) milk chocolate
  • 100 grams (3.5 oz) unsalted butter room temp
  • 75 grams (2.65 oz) icing sugar
  • 6 tbsp malted milk powder

Method

  • The dough is simply made by creaming together the butter and sugar with an electric mix until it thickens and pales in colour.
creamed butter and sugar in a glass mixing bowl
  • Add the eggs and mix again.
beaten eggs and creamed butter and sugar in a glass bowl
  • Mix again for a couple of minutes.
beaten biscuit dough mix in a glass bowl
  • Tip in the dry ingredients
white dry ingredients on top of creamed butter, sugar and egg in a glass mixing bowl
  • Mix until it forms a soft dough and cover with cling film and chill for at least an hour in the fridge.
malted biscuit dough covered in cling film and on a light wooden work surface
  • roll out to about 3mm thickness on a floured work surface with a floured rolling pin
rolled biscuit dough on a wooden work surface with a wooden rolling pin to the side
  • cut out your biscuits using a 5 cm cutter and place on a lined flat baking tray. I use the bottom of a piping nozzle and the top to decorate them in a button fashion.
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  • Bake for about 12 minutes until golden brown.
  • Place carefully on a cooling rack.
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Chocolate Malted Icing

malted chocolate icing ingredients on a wooden work surface
  • Melt the chocolate in short 20 second bursts in the microwave and mix the icing ingredients together. Sift in the icing sugar to avoid lumps or make in a food processor.
malted milk chocolate icing in a glass mixing bowl
  • Chill in the fridge for an hour.
  • Sandwich the biscuits together with the malted chocolate icing. I like to pipe it in to get a level fill but just a wide bladed flat knife will do.
malted milk biscuits sandwiched together with chocolate icing in a lined metal tray with white baking paper and a metal cutter to the side

How To Store Malted Milk Biscuits

They keep very well in an air tight container for several days. Although they rarely last that long such is their moreish quality.

If you like this recipe then you may like these

Date and Chocolate Cookies

Shortbread Cookies

Christmas Cookies

Chocolate Chip Cookies

Peanut Butter Cookies

malted milk biscuits sandwiched together with chocolate icing in a lined metal tray with white baking paper and a metal cutter to the side

Malted Milk Sandwich Biscuits.

Jenny
These biscuits are malty sweet with a little crunch.I have used chocolate icing but you could use vanilla or whatever you fancy.This recipe is adapted from Bake it Better Biscuits by Annie Rigg, part of the Great British Bake off Series.
5 from 2 votes
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Prep Time 15 mins
Cook Time 11 mins
Total Time 26 mins
Course Biscuits
Cuisine Universal
Servings 16 biscuits
Calories 281 kcal

Ingredients
 

For the Biscuits

  • 150 grams unsalted butter room temp
  • 100 grams caster sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract or vanilla bean paste
  • 1 medium egg
  • 1 medium egg yolk
  • 250 grams plain flour
  • 75 grams malted milk powder like Ovaltine
  • ½ tsp baking powder
  • 1 pinch salt

For the icing

  • 100 grams milk chocolate
  • 100 grams unsalted butter room temp
  • 75 grams icing sugar
  • 6 tbsp malted milk powder

Instructions
 

  • The dough is simply made by creaming together the butter and sugar with an electric mix until it thickens and pales in colour.
  • Scrape down the sides of the bowl a couple of times and then beat in the vanilla extract and egg scraping down the sides intermittently.
  • Sift the flour, baking powder, salt and milk powder into the batter and mix until smooth and well combined. Be careful not to over mix as biscuits tend to be tough when overworked.
  • Gather into a disc, wrap in clingfilm and chill for at least an hour.
  • Preheat oven to 170 C/ 325F/Gas Mark 3 and line two baking trays with baking paper or I use bakoglide. Lightly dust the surface and rolling pin with flour and roll the dough out to the thickness of 3mm.
    I cut the dough in half and put one half back in the fridge. My dough kept getting too soft so in actual fact I popped it in the freezer for five mins at one point.
  • I used a 5 cm round cutter and a large and small piping nozzle to cut out and decorate the little beauties.
  • Arrange the biscuits with gaps in between and bake in batches in the middle of the oven for 11 minutes until crisp on the outer edges and golden brown.
  • Leave to cool on the baking tray for a few minutes before gently transferring to a wire rack.
  • Melt the chocolate in short 20 second bursts in the microwave and mix the icing ingredients together. Sift in the icing sugar to avoid lumps or make in a food processor. Mix well.
  • Chill in the fridge for an hour.
  • Sandwich the biscuits together with the malted chocolate icing. I like to pipe it in to get a level fill but just a wide bladed flat knife will do.

Notes

 
 

Nutrition

Calories: 281kcal | Carbohydrates: 32g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 16g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 58mg | Sodium: 39mg | Potassium: 96mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 17g | Vitamin A: 437IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 31mg | Iron: 1mg

All nutritional information is approximate and intended only as a guide.

Keyword biscuits, malted milk biscuits
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Do let me know how you get on making the malted milk biscuits in the comments below. I love a good old hairy chinwag.

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Comments

  1. Cat Sherrin

    September 06, 2017 at 9:04 pm

    Loved reading your little story behind these biscuits, it really made me smile! These biscuits look super tasty, I'm off to buy some Ovaltine! x

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      September 10, 2017 at 7:44 pm

      Thankyou.I love the malty milk drink thing.Childhood nostalgia I think.Cant get enough of biscuits either at the mo.Laying fat down for winter I suppose ???

      Reply
  2. Rebecca Beesley (The Beesley Buzz)

    September 07, 2017 at 3:52 pm

    I have just two words to say about these: utter perfection! #gbboblogers2017

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      September 10, 2017 at 7:45 pm

      Thankyou!

      Reply
  3. joskitchenlarder

    September 07, 2017 at 6:33 pm

    I'm really pleased the balance has been restored lol and your biscuits are as cute as buttons 😉 and look so delicious xx

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      September 10, 2017 at 7:46 pm

      Thanks,they were a perfect size too.I could ram 2 in at a time ???xx

      Reply
  4. Tamara Parmar

    September 07, 2017 at 7:28 pm

    Love reading about your disorganised life... Biscuits look marvellous ???

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      September 10, 2017 at 7:46 pm

      Thanks beautiful bird xxx

      Reply
  5. Angela / Only Crumbs Remain

    September 09, 2017 at 4:06 pm

    Haha love the questionnaire and boiling the jumper to get the right size 🙂 You always have me laughing out loud - literally 😀 Great bake too, I just love the cute button decoration,
    Angela x

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      September 10, 2017 at 7:48 pm

      Thanks Angela.Remember that handy household tip.I am thinking about branching out into a housekeeping blog section ?????xx

      Reply
      • Angela / Only Crumbs Remain

        September 11, 2017 at 8:32 am

        You're so funny Jenny, I just love your humour 🙂
        Thankyou too for joining in again with #BakingCrumbs 🙂
        Angela x

      • applytofaceblog

        September 11, 2017 at 6:50 pm

        Thanks so much.Loving joining in.Fantastic linky xxxx

  6. jennypaulin

    September 10, 2017 at 7:00 am

    oh dear your words did make me smile - your poor, deprived children, fancy making them wear such ill fitting clothes and shoes !!! BUT you made these cute as a button biscuits, so surely that made everything better? It would go some way for me at least!
    thank you for linking up to #GBBOBloggers2017 x

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      September 10, 2017 at 7:50 pm

      Thankyou.Tis true the biscuits made up for my rubbishness......again.My children are going to be massive ????

      Reply
  7. RaisieBay

    September 10, 2017 at 9:53 am

    The button biscuits are adorable, well done. You need to send your kids to my kid's school, they are measured in the last week of term and the sizes sent to the school uniform shop for us to pick up the week before they go back to school. So now I can blame the oversized jumpers and ill fitting p.e. kits on the school, it IS their fault! The shoes however, are all down to me.
    Good luck with keeping the balance and next weeks bread challenge.
    #GBBOBloggers

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      September 10, 2017 at 7:52 pm

      Oh my that's bloody brilliant.Im moving to your school then??

      Reply
  8. cakesnbakes2014

    September 10, 2017 at 6:57 pm

    These look amazing, certainly would pass the 'all identical' criteria.

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      September 10, 2017 at 7:53 pm

      Thankyou ?

      Reply
  9. HELEN

    September 12, 2017 at 10:23 am

    these look perfect Jen. So perfect that everything else is surely forgotten. There is nothing more appeasing to a pissed off family than shoving some freshly baked biscuits in their faces. It works a treat here 🙂

    Reply
    • applytofaceblog

      September 12, 2017 at 1:00 pm

      Wise words Helen.I am quite partial to ramming them in too.???

      Reply

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