Christmas tree biscuits
16 Servings
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | ounces | Plain flour |
| ½ | teaspoon | Bicarbonate of soda |
| 1 | teaspoon | Ground mixed spice |
| 2 | ounces | Butter, chilled and cubed |
| 3 | ounces | Soft light brown sugar |
| 2 | tablespoons | Golden syrup, heated |
| 1 | Egg, beaten | |
| Plain flour for dusting | ||
| DECORATION | ||
| 9 | ounces | Packet coloured fondant |
| Icing | ||
| Glace icing made with 2oz | ||
| Icing sugar & 2 tspn water | ||
| Icing sugar for rolling | ||
| Silver balls, sweets, | ||
| Desiccated coconut, gold | ||
| Thread | ||
Directions
Preheat oven to 190'C (375'F). Grease two baking sheets. Sift the flour, bicarbonate of soda and spice into a bowl. Rub the butter into the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the sugar. Add the golden syrup and egg and mix to form a dough. Gently knead the dough on a floured surface until smooth, the roll out to ¼ inch thick. Use christmas cutters to cut out 16 shapes. Lift shapes on to baking sheets and bake until just firm to the touch.
Make a hole large enough for gold thread at the top of each biscuit.
Transfer to cooling rack and leave until cold. To decorate, roll out fondant icing on a clean surface dusted with icing sugar. Cut out shapes with cutters and place on biscuits, securing them with a little water. Make a hole for thread as before. Decorate with piped glace icing, silver balls, sweets or coconut. Thread each biscuit with gold thread and hang on Christmas tree, if liked.