Christmas Tree Biscuits
Yield
1 batchPrep
20 minCook
20 minReady
1 hrsIngredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | ounces |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| ½ | teaspoon |
baking soda
|
|
| 1 | teaspoon |
mixed spice
ground |
* |
| 2 | ounces |
butter
chilled and cubed |
|
| 3 | ounces |
brown sugar, light
|
|
| 2 | tablespoons |
golden syrup
heated |
* |
| 1 | each |
eggs
beaten |
|
Ingredients
| Amount | Measure | Ingredient | Features |
|---|---|---|---|
| 173.4 | ml/g |
all-purpose flour
|
|
| 2.5 | ml |
baking soda
|
|
| 5 | ml |
mixed spice
ground |
* |
| 57.8 | ml/g |
butter
chilled and cubed |
|
| 86.7 | ml/g |
brown sugar, light
|
|
| 3E+1 | ml |
golden syrup
heated |
* |
| 1 | each |
eggs
beaten |
|
Directions
Preheat oven.
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.
