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Painted biscuits
These biscuits can be baked plain or painted with food colouring before being cooked...
- Difficulty: Easy
- Serves 8+
Preparation
- Total time
- 1 Hr 25 Mins
- Preparation time
- 1 Hr 15 Mins
- Cooking time
- 10 Mins
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100g butter, softened
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100g caster sugar
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1 egg (plus 1 or 2 extra egg yolks), beaten
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1 tsp vanilla essence
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225g plain flour
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food colourings
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Preheat oven to 200'C/Gas mark 6
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Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy
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Beat in the whole egg and vanilla essence
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Fold in the flour and mix until you have a smooth dough
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Chill the dough for an hour or so, before rolling out on a floured surface
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Cut into shapes with cookie cutters
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Beat the extra egg yolks and put a little yolk in 3 or 4 small bowls or cups
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Add a few drops of food colouring to each bowl/cup
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Paint each biscuit with a little of the egg mixture (using a clean paint brush or pastry brush), so that you have a few biscuits of each colour
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Place onto a greased baking tray and cook for around 10 minutes at 200'C/Gas mark 6
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Cool on the tray for a few minutes and then transfer onto a cooling rack
You will need
Baking tray - This one from KitchenCraft is designed with perforated holes that will help distribute heat evenly and make your biscuits crispier (AND tastier!). You can get it at Amazon for £8.99.
Tips
Use the leftover egg whites to make meringues
Reviews
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Polly L(45)
★★★★★These are really fun to make, DD had a blast, and was so proud of her creations
Reviewed on 16/04/20
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