Help easy biscuit

anden16, Jul 8, 3:48am
Looking after the grandchildren tomorrow and I have found some good plastic cookie cutters. Anyone have an easy recipe for a 8 year old to make please?

anden16, Jul 8, 4:56am
Please please please

pam.delilah, Jul 8, 5:08am
Cutterbiscuits
use cookie cutters of your choice.
300g butter, chopped
1 cup caster sugar
3 cups plain flour
1/2 cup cocoa
1 tsp vanilla extract

Icing
3 cups icing sugar
3 tbsp cocoa (optional)
1 tbsp butter
Hot water

to decorate
Silver balls
Chocolate hail
100 & 1000
etc
1. Place butter, sugar, flour and cocoa in a food processor and pulse until mixture resembles crumbs. Add vanilla and pulse until mixture comes together.
2. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and quickly knead. Wrap it in plastic cling film and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. Preheat oven to 180C. Roll dough out into a large rectangle approximately 3mm thick. Cut out shapes usingcookie cutter.
4. Place shapes on a cold baking tray and bake for 10 minutes until brown and firm. Place shapes on a wire rack to cool.
5. Mix together icing sugar, cocoa, butter and enough hot water to make a firm icing. Spread a thin layer over each biscuit .
Decorate withsilver balls chocolate hail, 100 & 1000 etc

pam.delilah, Jul 8, 5:11am
theymay also enjoy making these. If you do not have a cutter, make one , in the shape of a person , out of cardboard

Paper Doll Biscuits
Makes: approx 30 dolls
INGREDIENTS

2 cups (300g) plain flour
1 cup (220g) raw caster sugar
pinch of salt
200g butter, softened
1 egg, lightly beaten

METHOD

Combine all ingredients in large bowl of electric mixer; beat until mixture forms a soft dough. Tip onto kitchen bench. Divide mixture into two. Shape into flat discs. If dough is very soft, you will need to refrigerate 30 mins, or until firm enough to roll.

Roll dough out between 2 sheets baking paper until 4mm thick; stamp out dolls using a doll or gingerbread man cutter. Place on lightly greased oven trays. Bake in moderate oven 10-15 minutes or until lightly browned. Transfer to wire racks to cool.

To ice: Combine 1½ cups icing sugar mixture in a medium bowl with enough water to make a thick paste. Add a couple of drops of food colouring, if desired.
Scrape icing into a small piping bag; pipe decorations onto biscuits as desired.

anden16, Oct 9, 4:46pm
Thanks so much- we do have lovely old cutters.