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Melting Moments

May 2, 2017 By Amy 24 Comments

Melting Moments

Another day and another classic recipe. When it comes to baking, it’s easy to get swept up in the many recipes of the internet but I’m slowly learning that often, these recipes aren’t all that they’re cracked up to be. Melting Moments biscuits however are a recipe that I promise you’ll love!

When it comes to recipes, there’s a few things I look for. Number one; to be in metric! Surely I’m not the only one who gets frustrated trying to convert cups and ounces when you find a tempting recipe on Pinterest? Number two; Quick, easy and well tested, with guaranteed & familiar results. Number three; Something that I know I will have the ingredients to hand and I won’t need to trawl the supermarket for.

“Lovely biscuits – a firm family favourite in our house.”

It can be tempting to bake something out the ordinary, something you’ve never baked before or even tasted (hello, Irn Bru cupcakes!) but often the best bakes are those that you know & love, those you know will be a winner.

Melting Moments is one of those bakes that I always remember being on offer in coffee shops and cafes. Something so simple but made a little bit more special thanks to a gem-like cherry placed on top. Perfection!

Granny’s Top Tips

♥ Our recipe uses desiccated coconut but you can use rolled outs if you prefer.
♥ You might think the balls that make the biscuits seem quite small but don’t worry; when baking the flatten out giving you a generously sized biscuit.
♥ Uses wet hands to roll the balls for your biscuits not only stop them sticking to your hands but they help the coconut stick to the biscuits also.

Melting Moments

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3.15 from 7 votes

Melting Moments

Prep Time20 mins
Cook Time15 mins
Author: Baking with Granny

Ingredients

  • 45 g Caster Sugar
  • 55 g Butter at room temperature
  • 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Paste/Extract
  • 70 g Self Raising Flour
  • Desiccated Coconut
  • Glace Cherries

Instructions

  • Pre-heat your oven to 170°c (or 160°c for a fan assisted oven) and grease a couple of baking trays with some butter.
  • Cream together the sugar and butter until light and fluffy. Add the vanilla and cream until combined.
  • Stir in the flour and mix until combined into a dough.
  • Divide the dough into 20 pieces and with wet hands, roll each piece into a ball before rolling in coconut.
  • Place each coconut coconut ball onto your pre-greased trays, leaving a bit of space between and gently press each down a little with your fingers. Top each biscuit with a small piece of cherry.
  • Bake in your pre-heated oven for 15 minutes until golden.
  • Leave on trays until cool enough to touch before transferring to a wire wrack to cool completely.

Melting Moments

Do you remember Melting Moments from your childhood?

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Comments

  1. jenny paulin says

    May 22, 2017 at 6:01 am

    these look lovely and easy to make with children. I love the cherry on the top of each one too. as someone who is not good at making biscuits, I think these could turn out ok!
    thank you for linking up to #Bakeoftheweek x

    Reply
  2. Louise Fairweather says

    May 22, 2017 at 10:57 am

    Ooooo my Mum used to make biscuits like this when I was little – sending me down memory lane #bakeoftheweek

    Reply
  3. Derbyshireduckie says

    November 10, 2018 at 9:00 pm

    I’ve been looking for melting moment recipe that my Nan and I used to make over 30 yrs ago. These look very similar but I’m sure she used the oats not coconut. I’ll have to try them out and see if they are the ones I remember!

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    • Nicol a says

      January 25, 2019 at 3:02 pm

      I used to make these with my mum in the 90’s and we used oats too.

      Reply
    • Sue James says

      September 22, 2019 at 3:27 pm

      Melting Moments are in the Bero Recipe Book.

      Reply
      • Michelle says

        May 5, 2020 at 3:25 pm

        I used this recipe from bero a CPL of days ago and tasted nothing how I used to bake with my gran over 35 years ago! I’ve come across this recipe and noticed no egg in recipe, so hopefully this is the game changer as I was extremely disappointed with my results, even my daughter commented n said why they called melting moments? They don’t melt. You hit the nail on the head kiddo lol

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      • Alison says

        July 3, 2020 at 9:59 am

        4 stars
        The bero review has half an egg too. The other thing I remember being used on melting moments was crushed cornflakes.

        Reply
        • Liz Allen says

          July 19, 2020 at 4:50 pm

          Crushed cornflakes with my Mum in the 50’s.

          Reply
    • Josie says

      October 10, 2019 at 5:27 pm

      I made melting moments in the 70s at school and we always used oats not coconut which I prefer. I feel a batch coming on

      Reply
    • Vivienne Vine says

      October 15, 2020 at 5:35 pm

      I acually use crushed corn flakes

      Reply
  4. Jan says

    January 24, 2019 at 11:48 am

    Haven’t you forgotten the egg??

    Reply
  5. Rev Eric Wollaston says

    April 2, 2019 at 5:52 pm

    Excellent recipe and easy to make with grandchildren of 8 & 9

    Reply
  6. Linda Kerr says

    April 3, 2019 at 10:06 am

    I always use oats,.. Favourite biscuits from my childhood. I remember my Mum bringing them to the hospital for me after my 1st born and that was over 30years. Still a favourite recipe!

    Reply
  7. Diane says

    August 5, 2019 at 4:30 pm

    3 stars
    I doubled the recipe and only made 17

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    • Helen says

      May 17, 2020 at 3:11 pm

      I wish I’d doubled the recipe. Made 16 tiny biscuits! They taste okay but gonna try the Bero recipe next time.

      Reply
  8. Heather says

    August 9, 2019 at 9:47 am

    No eggs?

    Reply
  9. Shirley says

    August 17, 2019 at 10:42 am

    5 stars
    Good recipe. I also doubled the quantity bit only made 20, maybe we just like them bigger in our house. No eggs no problem, tasted just fine!

    Reply
    • Shellie says

      November 27, 2019 at 8:55 am

      I made 16 tiny biscuits….small but great! I’d just have doubled it if I had known it’d be such a tiny amount

      Reply
  10. Sandra says

    August 17, 2019 at 10:54 am

    Thankyou for this recipe my mum baked them in the sixtys now my grandkids are in for a treat cheap yummy
    My mum used cornflakes

    Reply
  11. Alison Fairgrieve says

    December 7, 2019 at 4:32 pm

    5 stars
    Looks like the recipe my Mum taught me in the forties, we used crushed cornflakes to roll them in. Maybe desiccated coconut was unobtainable? Will make these for my seniors gossip group..

    Reply
  12. Sarah says

    February 11, 2020 at 9:10 pm

    2 stars
    Very small and thin. Divided the mixture into 20 as the recipe says. Not at all like melting moments.

    Reply
  13. Jess says

    May 1, 2020 at 2:19 am

    1 star
    I have made melting moments for over twenty years and it is one of the easiest and best cookies to bake. This recipe, however, was a total disaster…the measurements are all wrong and needed to be fixed. The cookies were cracking up while rolling them into balls and I had to readjust the measurements and redo the dough and start again. Will definitely not recommend this recipe. :-(

    Reply
  14. Sue says

    November 5, 2020 at 4:54 am

    I made a batch today, adding an egg and cinnamon. Even using gluten free flour they were delicious. I will make them again, maybe adding some nuts or a blob of jam.

    Reply
  15. Leanne says

    February 13, 2021 at 6:16 pm

    2 stars
    The amounts given only made 6 very small biscuits. They were also extremely hard, nothing like I remembered from being a child.

    Reply

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