Home made Iced Vovo Biscuits – Bake Play Smile

January 28, 2025

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These Iced Vovo biscuits are a scrumptious tackle the enduring Aussie biscuit! Crunchy golden biscuits topped with pink marshmallow fondant icing, raspberry jam and sprinkling of coconut.

Taking simply 20 minutes to organize, they’re SO a lot enjoyable and assured to place a smile on everyones face!

A number of iced vovo biscuits on a wire cooling rack.

The old-school Iced Vovos with their crumbly biscuit base and fluffy marshmallow high, with a strip of raspberry jam and sprinkling of desiccated coconut, are a childhood favorite that also continues to please!

Alongside my mini marshmallow tarts, and marshmallow cookies, these basic crowd pleasers are good for youngsters events and bake gross sales, and make a enjoyable after-school deal with!

Identical to my different basic Australian recipes the Wagon Wheel marshmallow slice, Monte Carlo biscuits, Yo Yo biscuits, hedgehog slice, and lemon coconut slice, these iced vovo biscuits are as fashionable as ever, and liked by all ages!

A close up of sweet cookies on a white cake stand.

Why You are Going To Love This Recipe

Easy components – iced vovo biscuits are made with fundamental pantry components.
Versatile – these cute marshmallow cookies are good for events, bake gross sales, morning tea and lunch packing containers!
Crowd pleaser – iced vovo biscuits are such a fashionable basic with each adults and children alike!
Typical and Thermomix – each strategies are written within the recipe card on the finish of the submit.

What You Want

This simple iced vovo biscuits recipe is made with fundamental components – actually, you might have already got them in your kitchen!

Be aware: Scroll to the recipe card on the backside for the components portions and full detailed methodology.

Butter – I like to recommend utilizing unsalted butter on this recipe. For those who use salted butter then omit the pinch of salt. Use butter softened to room temperature.
Caster sugar – also referred to as superfine sugar. This positive sugar dissolves simply when mixed with the opposite components.
Egg – I exploit massive dimension eggs which weigh approx 55g/2oz. have your egg at room temperature for the perfect outcomes.
Vanilla extract – or vanilla essence or vanilla bean paste, when you want.
Plain flour – also referred to as all-purpose flour.
Baking powder – that is the elevating agent in these biscuits.
Salt – enhances the flavours within the biscuit, nevertheless if utilizing salted butter then omit the salt.
Pink marshmallows – you will have approx 18 common dimension pink marshmallows. You should utilize a mix of pink and white marshmallows nevertheless you will not get as vivid a pink color as you do if you use simply pink marshmallows.
Butter – a bit of butter is combined with the marshmallows to assist create the spreadable consistency wanted to spoon over the biscuits.
Icing sugar – with the butter, this helps create that basic marshmallow fondant.
Desiccated coconut – a finely floor coconut. Do not use shredded coconut as that is too coarse.
Raspberry jam – raspberry jam offers the basic iced vovo flavour, however you would substitute with one other flavour equivalent to strawberry jam, when you want. Barely warming the jam earlier than utilizing makes it simpler to unfold neatly in the course of the iced vovo biscuit.

Tools Required

You do not want any fancy tools to make these enjoyable biscuits with marshmallow and coconut.

Medium bowl and hand beaters or stand mixer – or Thermomix.
Rolling pin.
Two baking trays – greased and lined with baking paper.
Microwave-safe bowl and microwave.
Flat plate – for the desiccated coconut.
Oven – I specify fan-forced temperature in my recipes. When you have a traditional oven, enhance the temperature by 10-20 Levels celsius.

Half an iced vovo biscuit resting on another one, on a plate.

Step By Step Directions

These fairly jam and marshmallow biscuits with their buttery base and smooth marshmallow fondant topping are SO delicious you’ll by no means purchase store-bought ones once more!

Be aware: Scroll to the recipe card on the backside for the components portions and full detailed methodology.

Step 1 – Cream The Butter And Sugar

Place the softened butter and caster sugar in a medium bowl and beat till pale and fluffy.

Creamed butter and sugar in a mixing bowl.

Step 2 – Add The Egg And Vanilla Extract

Add the egg and vanilla extract to the creamed combination.

An egg added to the creamed butter and sugar mixture.

Beat till properly mixed.

Step 3 – Add The Dry Substances

Sift over the plain flour, baking powder and salt and blend to mix.

Step 4 – Roll And Chill

Divide the dough into 2 equal parts. Utilizing a calmly floured rolling pin, roll out every portion on calmly floured baking paper sheets. Roll every portion out to between ½ – 1 cm thick.

Chill the dough on the baking paper sheets within the fridge for at the very least 1 hour.

Step 5 – Lower The Biscuits Into Rectangles

Lower the dough into small rectangles (roughly 8cm x 5cm), utilizing a knife then place the rectangles on to greased and lined baking trays.

Press collectively the scraps of dough, roll and repeat till all of the dough has been used.

Small rectangles of dough on a lined baking sheet.

Step 6 – Bake

Bake the cookies within the preheated oven till they seem ‘dry’ on high. Do NOT overcook. You need them to be very pale in color, like within the picture under.

Rectangular baked cookies on a wire cooling rack.

Step 7 – Put together The Marshmallow Icing

Place the marshmallows and butter right into a massive microwave-safe bowl.

Marshmallows and butter in a microwave-safe bowl.

Warmth for 30 seconds and stir. Warmth for an additional 15-30 seconds, and stir till the combination is clean.

NOTE: Be VERY cautious because the melted marshmallow will probably be very popular and sticky.

Sift the icing sugar excessive.

Icing sugar sifted into the melted pink marshmallow mixture.

Stir till the fondant mixtute is clean.

The smooth marshmallow mixture in a glass bowl with a metal spoon.

Step 8 – Embellish

Use a teaspoon, unfold strips of the pink marshmallow combination down each lengthy sides of the oblong cookies, leaving a strip clear within the centre.

Marshmallow mixture spread down two long sides of the iced vovo cookies.

Place the coconut onto a flat plate. Place the cookie onto the coconut, marshmallow facet dealing with down.

The cookie on a plate of desiccated coconut, with the marshmallow icing side face down.

Very calmly press the cookie in order that the coconut sticks to the marshmallow.

A hand holding the coconut decorated iced vovo biscuit.

Unfold a small quantity of barely warmed jam down the centre.

A hand holding the iced vovo biscuit with jam spread down the centre.

Repeat to embellish the remaining iced vovo biscuits.

A number of pink iced cookies on a wire cooling rack.

Knowledgeable Ideas

Use room temperature components for the perfect outcomes.
Enable room in-between the cookies when inserting on the baking trays as they will unfold barely when baking.
You’ll be able to chill the rolled dough within the fridge for as much as 2 days.
Don’t over bake the cookies – they wish to be simply calmly golden.
Watch out when dealing with the recent marshmallow combination – the melted marshmallows will probably be VERY scorching when out of the microwave, and as they’re very sugary they will trigger nasty burns.
To heat the raspberry jam, warmth within the microwave on 10 second bursts, stirring in between, till it turns into barely runny and will be simply unfold.
If you do not have a microwave you possibly can soften the marshmallow combination in a saucepan over low warmth.
To make use of up the white / different marshmallows use them in your favorite rocky highway recipes, or on this rice bubble marshmallow slice.

FAQs

How do I retailer Iced Vovo biscuits?

Retailer the cooled biscuits in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as one week.

Can I freeze these biscuits?

No, I don’t advocate freezing iced vovo biscuits – get pleasure from them freshly baked!

Who invented the Iced Vovo?

The Australian firm Arnotts invented the Iced Vovo together with many different iconic Australian biscuits.

Close up of an iced vovo biscuit on a white cake stand.

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Iced Vovo Biscuits

Our candy and easy do-it-yourself Iced Vovo Biscuits style similar to the enduring Arnott’s biscuit! An all-time Aussie favorite.

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Course: Cookies

Delicacies: western

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Prepare dinner Time: 10 minutes

Chilling time: 1 hour

Complete Time: 1 hour 30 minutes

Servings: 24 serves

Energy: 221kcal

Creator: Lucy – Bake Play Smile

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Directions

To Make The Cookies

In a medium bowl, beat the softened butter and caster sugar collectively till pale and creamy. If utilizing a Thermomix: Insert the Butterfly into the Thermomix bowl. Add the softened butter, caster sugar and blend for 20 seconds, Pace 4. Scrape down the edges of the bowl and blend for an additional 40 seconds, Pace 4 (or till pale and creamy).
Add the egg and vanilla extract and beat till mixed. If utilizing a Thermomix: Cut back to Pace 2 and with the butterfly nonetheless turning, add the egg and vanilla extract by way of the MC gap. Improve to Pace 4 for 20 seconds. Take away the butterfly.
Sift over the plain flour, baking powder and salt and beat on low to mix. If utilizing a Thermomix: Add the plain flour, baking powder and salt to the bowl. Combine for 10 seconds, Pace 4. Scrape down the edges of the bowl and repeat for an additional 10 seconds.
Divide the dough into 2 equal parts. Utilizing a floured rolling pin, roll out every portion on calmly floured baking paper sheets to ½-1cm cm thick.
Chill the dough on the baking paper sheets within the fridge for at the very least 1 hour (as much as 2 days).
Preheat oven to 175 levels celsius (fan-forced). Grease and line two baking trays with baking paper.
Use a knife to chop the dough into small rectangles (roughly 8cm x 5cm). Press collectively and roll out the remaining dough. Lower out extra rectangles till the entire dough has been used.
Bake the cookies for roughly 10 minutes or till they seem ‘dry’ on high. Do NOT overcook.

Embellish The Cookies

Place the marshmallows and butter right into a microwave-safe bowl. Warmth for 30 seconds and stir (watch out because the marshmallow will probably be very popular and sticky). Warmth for an additional 15-30 seconds or till clean and melted.
Sift the icing sugar excessive and stir till clean.
One after the other, use a teaspoon to unfold strips of the pink marshmallow combination down both facet of the oblong cookies (leaving a strip clear within the centre).
Place the coconut onto a flat plate. Press the cookies onto the coconut in order that it sticks to the marshmallow.
Unfold a small quantity of barely warmed jam down the centre.

Notes

RECIPE NOTES & TIPS

Use room temperature components for the perfect outcomes.
Enable room in-between the cookies when inserting on the baking trays as they will unfold barely when baking.
You’ll be able to chill the rolled dough within the fridge for as much as 2 days.
Don’t over bake the cookies – they wish to be simply calmly golden.
Watch out when dealing with the recent marshmallow combination – the melted marshmallows will probably be VERY scorching when out of the microwave, and as they’re very sugary they will trigger nasty burns.
To heat the raspberry jam warmth within the microwave on 10 second bursts, stirring in between, till it turns into barely runny and will be unfold simply.
If you do not have a microwave you possibly can soften the marshmallow combination in a saucepan over low warmth.
To make use of up the white / different marshmallows – use them in your favorite rocky highway recipes, or on this rice bubble marshmallow slice.
Storage – retailer in an hermetic container at room temperature for as much as one week.
Freezer – I don’t advocate freezing these biscuits.

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