Christmas Biscuits

These Christmas biccies will bring joy to your kitchen over the festive season. They are so simple to make and go perfectly alongside a milky cuppa T! 

Ingredients for the biscuits (makes 20):

• 250g Jersey Dairy butter – cut into small cubes
• 350g plain flour – sieved 
• 140g icing sugar – sieved 
• 1 tsp vanilla extract 
• 1 egg yolk 

To decorate:

• 100g icing sugar, sieved 
• edible gold and silver balls if you want to add sparkle to your biscuits 

Method: 

• Mix the icing sugar, vanilla extract, egg yolk and butter into a mixing bowl and stir together with a wooden spoon (or if you have a food processor use this until well combined).
• Add the flour to the bowl and mix until it forms a firm dough. Shape the dough into two flattish round balls and wrap them in cling film. Chill for 20-30mins.
• Heat the oven to 190C and line two baking trays with non stick baking paper. 
• Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface so the thickness is a couple of cm. Use your Christmas cutters to create some Christmassy biscuit shapes and place on the baking trays. Bake for 10-12mins. 
• Once the biscuits have turned a nice golden brown colour take them out the oven and lift them onto a wire rack to cool. 
• Meanwhile, mix the icing sugar with a few drops of cold water to make a thick, but slightly runny icing. 
• Decorate your Christmas biscuits and add any other decorations to make them sparkle! 

Enjoy this Christmas!