6 oz plain flour
1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 tsp ground mixed spice
2 oz butter, chilled and cubed
3 oz soft light brown sugar
2 tbsp golden syrup, heated
1 egg, beaten
1 plain flour for dusting
1 decoration
9 oz packet coloured fondant
1 icing
1 glace icing made with 2oz
1 icing sugar & 2 tspn water
1 icing sugar for rolling
1 silver balls, sweets,
1 desiccated coconut, gold
1 thread
A Recipe for
Christmas Tree Biscuits
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Preheat oven to 190'C (375'F). Grease two baking sheets. Sift the
flour, bicarbonate of soda and spice into a bowl. Rub the butter into
the flour until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Stir in the
sugar. Add the golden syrup and egg and mix to form a dough. Gently
knead the dough on a floured surface until smooth, the roll out to
1/4 inch thick. Use christmas cutters to cut out 16 shapes. Lift
shapes on to baking sheets and bake until just firm to the touch.
Make a hole large enough for gold thread at the top of each biscuit.
Transfer to cooling rack and leave until cold. To decorate, roll out
fondant icing on a clean surface dusted with icing sugar. Cut out
shapes with cutters and place on biscuits, securing them with a
little water. Make a hole for thread as before. Decorate with piped
glace icing, silver balls, sweets or coconut. Thread each biscuit
with gold thread and hang on Christmas tree, if liked.
Serves: 16
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