An activity and tasty treat all-in-one. Children love to get involved with baking and this is a simple recipe that uses just a handful of store cupboard ingredients. You can make the dough ahead of time and freeze for up to 3 months for whenever you're in need of a rainy day activity or a last minute bake sale item!
Simple Children's Biscuits
SERVES
Makes approx. 20 biscuits
PREP TIME
25 mins
COOKING TIME
12 minutes
AGE GROUP
2 years+
ALLERGY INFO OR DIETARY RESTRICTIONS
Contains dairy
Contains eggs
Ingredients
175g (6oz) plain flour
100g (3.5oz) butter, chilled and cubed
50g (1.5oz) icing sugar
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg yolk
Method
Pre-heat oven to 180°C / Fan 160°C / Gas 4.
Put the flour, butter, icing sugar, vanilla and egg yolk into a food processor. Steadily pour in 1 tbsp water and blitz until the mixture comes together to form a dough. Tip onto a work surface and knead briefly to bring together, then wrap in cling film and chill for 20 mins, or until needed.*
On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to the thickness of a £1 coin. Use shaped cutters to stamp out the biscuits- you'll have to re-roll the trimmings to make 20 biscuits. Put the biscuits on two baking trays and bake for 12 mins, swapping the trays over halfway through, until pale golden and crisp. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Decorate once cooled with tubes of coloured icing and various sprinkles. These biscuits will keep in an air-tight tin for a week.
Tips and Tricks
*At the end of Step 1, you can wrap the dough in clingfilm and freeze it for up to 3 months.
These biscuits will keep in an air-tight tin for a week.
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