Feijoa Biscuits
2024-05-14- Cuisine: New Zealand
- Course: desserts
- Skill Level: Beginner
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- Yield: 4 Biscuits depending on the size of baking tray
- Servings: 2
- Prep Time: 10m
- Cook Time: 20m
- Ready In: 30m
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Maximize the use of feijoas this season by crafting Feijoa biscuits.The fruits provide a sweet and fruity flavor profile, making them a good choice choice for snacks or desserts. This article will guide you step by step to achieve the perfect recipe for feijoa biscuits.
the method involves creaming butter and sugar, beating in an egg, and then adding sifted flour and baking powder alternatively with peeled mashed feijoas. and Vanilla the vanilla adds depth to the flavor profile. The mixture is then dropped onto a cold tray in teaspoonfuls and baked at 180 degrees Celsius for 15 to 20 minutes until golden brown.
Ingredients
- 100 g Butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 cups flour
- 1 tsp Baking powder
- ½ tsp Vanilla
- 4 peeled mashed Feijoas
Method
Step 1
Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius (about 350 degrees Fahrenheit) and prepare a baking tray by lining it with parchment paper or greasing it lightly.
Step 2
In a mixing bowl, cream together 100 g of softened butter and 1 cup of sugar until light and fluffy.
Step 3
Beat in one egg until well combined.
Step 4
Sift 2 cups of flour and 1 teaspoon of baking powder into the mixture.
Step 5
Peel and mash 4 ripe feijoas until smooth. Add the mashed feijoas to the bowl, alternating with the sifted flour mixture, and mix until everything is well combined.
Step 6
Stir in ½ teaspoon of vanilla extract to enhance the flavor.
Step 7
Drop teaspoonfuls of the dough onto the prepared baking tray, leaving some space between each one for spreading.
Step 8
Bake in the preheated oven for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the biscuits are golden brown and firm to the touch.
Step 9
Remove from the oven and let the biscuits cool on the tray for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack to cool completely.
Step 10
Once cooled, enjoy your homemade feijoa biscuits with a cup of tea or coffee!
posted by Bruce on March 11, 2025
Thank you Simply Feijoa for sharing this recipe and for making this resource available.
An amateur with some experience baking cookies and a tree supplying copious feijoas, I thought I’d give this a go.
It turned out to be a comedy of errors as I was hoping to make just a few cookies similar to the ones in the photo. The yield in the instructions promised ‘4 Biscuits depending on the size of baking tray’. I had a feeling something was up when I saw the 2 cups of flour called for but forged ahead regardless. The yield indication is clearly a mistake as I ended up with 47 cookies.
The reason for wanting a small quantity bake was in order to use my air fryer to save time and a bit of power. When realising the quantity error, I had to switch to the old-school oven. In doing so I completely forgot that I had 6 cookies baking in the air fryer. After the 15 minutes at 180 degrees were up, they were over-baked dark-brown though still quite edible. A lower temperature and/or less time in the fryer should do the trick.
In contrast, the ones in the admittedly 40+ year old and failing conventional oven required the full 20 minutes and turned out quite nicely baked.
I’m not sure why but none of the cookies I baked looked like the ones in the photo which remind me of golden ANZAC biscuits. Mine did not flatten out at all and had a smoother outer texture. I think there was not enough feijoa mash in the mix. The mixture was quite tough to turn with the quantity of flour so in future I’d make sure I have more mashed feijoa at the ready just in case.
I also wondered about the instruction to peel the feijoas. I found peeling difficult and time consuming so next time I might just scoop out the insides and use more feijoas.
I hope this is of some help to others attempting this recipe.
posted by Kathy on May 19, 2024
What would the weight of feijoas be pls
posted by admin on May 19, 2024
Use any four feijoas of any weight of your choice, peeled and mashed. Using larger ones will also produce a larger quantity of cookies.