Sparkle Biscuits

DS & I made these as thank you gifts for his nursery teachers this week, and they turned out pretty good!

Ingredients

125g butter (room temp)

110g caster sugar

1 tsp vanilla extract

1 egg

300g plain flour

1 tsp baking powder

3 tsp of caster sugar

Food colouring paste

Method

Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla together until creamy.  Beat in the egg, and add the flour and baking powder.  (Add a little water if the mixture is not sticking but only a drop at a time - I added too much and the dough became sticky).  Knead on a floured surface then wrap in clingfilm and chill for around 30 minutes.

Roll the dough between 2 sheets of baking paper (this saves a hugely messy floured surface again!) and cut your shapes from the dough.  

 To make the coloured sugar, I just mixed a little food colouring paste with some caster sugar - so that it didn't clump, I squished and stirred each pot for around 5 mins which got rid of the all the lumps. 

Sprinkle the biscuits with the coloured sugar and bake at 180 degrees for 10-15 mins.

We made dogs & cats for ourselves while we were at it! ;o)