Decorated Biscuits
From Sainsbury'sPretty multi-coloured biscuits that children will love.
Serves: 15
Preparation time: 45 Minutes
Cooking time: 15 Minutes
Ingredients
50g plain flour
25g butter or margarine
25g caster sugar
Beaten egg to mix
50g icing sugar, sifted
1 - 2 teaspoons warm water
Selection of food colourings
Chocolate sugar strands
Hundreds & thousands
Jelly sweets
Silver balls
Sugar flowers
Method
Preheat the oven to 180°C, 350°F, gas mark 4.
Sift the flour into a bowl and rub in the fat until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Stir in the caster sugar and enough beaten egg to mix to a firm dough.
Turn onto a floured surface and knead until smooth. Roll out thinly and cut into shapes using a small fluted cutter, or diamond, star, heart or animal shaped cutters.
Place on a baking sheet and bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 15 minutes, until golden. Cool on the baking sheet.
Place the icing sugar in a mixing bowl and gradually add the water until the icing coats the back of a spoon thickly. Divide the icing into portions and colour each as desired.
Spoon a little icing onto each biscuit, spread almost to the edges and decorate as desired.
