Growing up in South Africa in the early 1980s, biscuits formed an essential part of Diwali parcels. Amma‘s biscuit specialties being custard biscuits, date rolls and melting moments to name a few.
Now that I am a mum, I too look forward to Diwali with the same level of enthusiasm as Amma did. Except I am unable to make the equivalent quantities she did. I usually make a few of my childhood favourites. This year I have decided to make a few treats with my personal touch. I wanted to embrace the shape, colour and textures of Diwali in a biscuit. The inspiration for these easy eggless biscuits came from teardrop earrings. It is made from a cardamom shortbread biscuit dough cut with a teardrop cutter then filled with colourful crushed lollipops. When baked, the sugar melts reconstituting into a chewy sugar centre. For a bejewelled look, add crushed sweets once biscuits are removed from the oven. I used an icing pen to decorate. This is my first attempt at making decorative Diwali biscuits and I can safely say it won't be my last.