Iced Biscuits.
You can have Iced Biscuits using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve that.
Ingredients of Iced Biscuits
- It's of ingredients.
- You need 100 of g/3½oz of Butter.
- Prepare 100 of g/3½oz of Caster Sugar.
- Prepare 1 of Medium Egg.
- It's 275 of g/10oz of Plain Flour.
- It's 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract(optional).
- It's of decorating.
- It's 400 of g/14oz of Icing Sugar.
- You need 3-4 tbsp of Water.
- Prepare 2-3 drops of Food Colouring(optional).
Iced Biscuits step by step
- Preheat your oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. Line the baking tray with greaseproof paper..
- Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until mixed well..
- Beat in the egg and vanilla extract(optional) until well mixed well..
- Add the flour until the mixture comes together as a dough..
- Roll the dough out on a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of 1cm..
- Using your biscuit cutters(or a mug/cup) cut biscuits out of the dough and carefully place onto the baking tray..
- Bake for 8-10 minutes(mine went in for 16minutes) or until pale golden-brown. Set aside to harden for 5 minutes, then cool on a wire rack..
- For the icing, sift the icing sugar into a large mixing bowl and stir in enough water to create a smooth mixture(mine was thick). Stir in the food colouring if you're adding any..
- Carefully spread the icing onto the biscuits using a knife or spoon and set aside until the icing hardens. Then enjoy..