Easter biscuits

I wanted to make some biscuits as I haven’t made any in AGES so I thought I’d go for some Easter ones. I took the recipe from the BBC website here: http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/easterbiscuits_67742 but I have adapted it as shown below. I used a lot more mixed spice but they still didn’t really have a distinct flavour and the dough was quite crumbly. I doubt I’ll use this recipe again but it was good fun decorating the rabbits and hearts! Obviously hearts aren’t very Eastery but I like making them for my boyfriend!

So here is the recipe I used and I made approximately 24 biscuits:

110 g (4 oz) unsalted butter, softened

110 g (4 oz) caster sugar

225 g (8 oz) self raising flour, sieved

1 medium egg yolk

1 tsp mixed spice

1-2 tbsp water

Heat oven to 160^oC (325^oF)

Beat butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. This usually takes me about 5 minutes on full speed using my Dualit mixer. Gradually beat in the egg yolk. Sift flour and spice together and add to butter mixture. I tend to do this in 3 parts: the first 2 lots using the mixer and the last lot using my hands – it gets messy! You might need to add some milk to mix in all the flour. Turn the dough out onto a floured work surface and roll out to about ½ cm thick. Use cutters (any shape you like) to cut the dough and place the biscuits onto a greaseproof papered baking tray. You may need to bake in batches. I cooked mine for about 8-10 minutes but it really depends on a) how thick your biscuits are and b) how crispy you like them! Turn them onto a cooling rack until ready to ice.

Again for these biscuits I used ready roll fondant icing rather than making my own as I’m very busy at work and with moving house at the moment! Very simply all I did was choose my colours and using the same cutters as the biscuits cut out the shapes. I did the detailing with writing icing and voila! See the results below!

Once I’m all moved house in a couple of weeks I hope to start videoing my cooking and vlogging on youtube so watch out for some interesting entertainment!

Lizzi :)