Biscuits, Bars And Cookies
Recipes - Christmas Biscuits
Ingredients
75g/6 tbsp butter
50g/generous 1/2 cup icing sugar
finely grated rind of 1 small lemon
1
egg yolk
175g/1 1/2 cups plain flour
pinch of salt
TO
DECORATE
2
egg yolks
red
and green edible food coloring
Method:
Beat the
butter, sugar and lemon rind together until
pale and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolk, and
then sift in the flour and the salt. Knead
together to form a smooth dough. Wrap and
chill for 30 minutes.
Preheat the oven
to 190'C/375 "F/Gas 5. On a lightly floured surface,
roll out the dough to 3mm/1/8in thick. Using a
6cm/2 1/2in fluted cutter, stamp out as many biscuits
as you can, with the cutter dipped in flour to
prevent it from sticking to the dough.
Transfer the
biscuits on to lightly greased baking sheets. Mark
the tops lightly with a 2.5cm/1in holly leaf cutter
and use a 5mm/1/4in plain piping nozzle for the
berries. Chill for 10 minutes, until firm.
Meanwhile, put
each egg yolk into a small cup. Mix red food
coloring into one and green food coloring into the
other. Using a small, clean paintbrush, carefully
paint the colors on to the biscuits. Bake for 10
-12 minutes, or until they begin to color around
the edges. Let them cool slightly on the baking
sheets, then transfer to a wire rack.
Christmas
Biscuits
Recipe
