Easter chick biscuits
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1 hour 35 min
Use a bird or chick biscuit cutter to make these soft, buttery biscuits for Easter. I used a few tiny drops of yellow, green and red food colouring in the icing to make pastel shades.
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Ingredients
Makes: 24 biscuits
- 375g plain flour
- 225g butter, room temperature
- 175g caster sugar
- 2 eggs
- For the icing
- 500g icing sugar, or as needed
- lemon juice as needed
- your favourite food colouring gels
Method
Prep:20min ›
Cook:15min ›
Extra time:1hr ›
Ready in:1hr35min
- Combine flour, butter, sugar and eggs and knead to a smooth dough. Chill for 1 hour in the fridge.
- Preheat oven to 200 C / Gas 6. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Roll out dough on a floured surface to 1/2cm thick. Cut out biscuits with cookie cutter. Place on baking tray and bake until lightly coloured, 12 to 15 minutes. Don't let them get too dark. Let cool.
- Mix icing sugar with lemon juice to make a thick icing. Add food colouring as desired. Use to ice biscuits and let set.
