Easter Butter Biscuits
These cute Easter themed cookies are ideal for little hands to decorate, and tasty too.
Makes approx 20-24 depending on size of cutters
What you’ll need:
• 150g (50z) butter
• 75g (3oz) icing sugar
• 1 tsp Dr. Oetker Vanilla Extract
• 150g (5oz) plain flour
• 75g (3oz) Dr. Oetker Cornflour
To decorate:
• 150g Dr. Oetker Scotbloc (dark, milk or white chocolate flavour can be used)
• Selection of Dr. Oetker sprinkles, e.g. Sugar Strands, Chocolate Stars, Writing Icing, Chocolate Beans
• Easter themed shaped cookie cutters such as bunnies, ovals and chicks
To make the biscuits:
1. Put the butter and icing sugar into the bowl of a food processor, and blend until smooth and creamy. Add the Vanilla Extract and blend again
2. Add the plain flour and corn flour and continue to blend until a dough forms. Turn on to work surface and knead until smooth, then wrap in cling film and refrigerate for 1 hour until firm
3. Flour a work surface and roll out the dough to approx 1cm thickness. Using cookie cutters, cut out fun shapes
4. Place shaped biscuits on to greased baking sheets and bake at 160C/140Cfan/325F/Gas Mark 3 for 15 minutes or until light golden brown in colour. Cool for a few minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool
5. When the cookies are cold, melt the chocolate in a bowl over a pan of simmering water or microwave for 1 minute and stir until smooth. Dip the cookies in the chocolate so that just half of each is coated in chocolate
6. Place cookies on a rack over a sheet of greaseproof paper to catch the drips, and then scatter over decorations before the chocolate sets. Allow to set before serving
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