Easy iced biscuits

Easy iced biscuits
Prepare
less than 30 mins
Cook
10 to 30 mins
Serve
Makes 24 biscuits

Keep the kids entertained with this easy iced biscuit recipe. Let their imagination run wild with the icing, sprinkles and decorations!

The recipe is based on using a 5–6cm/2–2½in biscuit cutter. If you use a larger cutter, you will get fewer biscuits.

By The BBC Food team

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Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. Line a baking tray with baking paper.

  2. Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until combined. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract, a little at a time, until well combined. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract, a little at a time, until well combined, then stir in the flour and bring together to form a dough.

  3. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of 1cm/½in. Using biscuit cutters, cut biscuits out of the dough and carefully place onto the baking tray. Reroll any offcuts and use to cut out extra biscuits.

  4. Bake for 8–10 minutes, or until pale golden-brown. Keep an eye on them as ovens do vary. Leave on the tray to firm up for 2 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

  5. For the icing, sift the icing sugar into a large bowl and stir in 3–4 tablespoons water to create a smooth mixture. Stir in the food colouring (if using).

  6. Carefully spread the icing onto the biscuits using a knife and set aside until the icing hardens.

Recipe tips

This recipe makes enough icing for 24 5–6cm/2–2½in biscuits. If you want to use multiple colours, separate the still-white icing into separate bowls and colour accordingly.

Use a round tipped knife to ice the biscuits (such as a butter knife or a table knife). If young children are helping they can use the back of a teaspoon to spread the icing.

When cutting out the biscuits, try to press straight down and avoid twisting the cutter.