This week I have been to my town's Christmas light switch on and have been Christmas shopping in Leeds. Seeing all the beautiful lights and decorations has got me in the Christmas spirit and with December just a day away I decided to spend my Sunday afternoon baking some Christmas treats. These biscuits are so easy to make and you can adapt the recipe to suit your taste buds. I decided to add cinnamon and vanilla to mine but you could leave either of these ingredients out and change the shapes of the biscuits as you need to suit any time of year!
You will need:
- 5 and a half oz of butter
- 8 oz of plain flour
- 6 oz of sugar
- 1tsp vanilla essence
- 1tsp ground cinnamon
- Icing to decorate
Method:
Step 1:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees and grease a baking tray.
Step 2:
Chop the butter into small pieces and put in to a bowl. Sift the flour in to the bowl and rub the butter and flour together with your fingers until the mixture looks like breadcrumbs. You may need to add additional flour to the mixture to achieve this.
Step 3:
Add the sugar, vanilla essence and cinnamon to the mixture. Add as much cinnamon as you wish, depending on how strong you want the biscuits to taste. You could also add other ingredients like chocolate chips at this stage if you wish.
Step 4:
Mix all the ingredients together to form a dough.
Step 5:
Spread flour over a clean work surface. Roll the dough on to the surface using a rolling pin until you reach the thickness you desire. I would recommend rolling it about an inch deep.
Step 6:
Cut the dough into Christmas tree shapes. You can do this either by buying a biscuit cutter or you can design your own by using a knife and cutting the dough into a shape of your choice. You can then use the shape you have cut as a template for the rest of the biscuits.
Step 7:
Put the biscuits on to the baking tray and bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until a light golden colour.
Step 8:
Leave the biscuits on a wire rack to cool and decorate them as you wish!
Happy baking!
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