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Stained Glass Window Biscuits

  • Time preparation 30
  • cook time 12min
  • Serve Serves 30

  • 175g unsalted butter
  • 200g icing sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 375g plain flour
  • 1 tbsp mixed spice
  • 1 tbsp ground ginger
  • 1 free-range egg
  • 1 free-range egg yolk
  • Colourful boiled sweets
  • Royal icing, to decorate

Preheat the oven to 175ºC/350ºF/ Gas Mark 4. Generously grease two baking sheets. Combine the butter, sugar and vanilla extract in a food processor until smooth.

Add the sifted flour, spices, egg and egg yolk and process to a smooth dough. Wrap in parchment and refridgerate until firm.

Roll out the dough on a lightly-floured work surface to 6mm in thickness. Cut out large star shapes using cutters, then cut out smaller stars from the centres of each.

Place on the baking tray. To make stained glass biscuits, break up boiled sweets and place in the holes in the middle of the stars before cooking.

Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden. Allow any stained glass biscuits to cool completely on the tray before removing them to a wire rack.

Decorate the biscuits as desired. Allow them to set.

Ingredients

  • 175g unsalted butter
  • 200g icing sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 375g plain flour
  • 1 tbsp mixed spice
  • 1 tbsp ground ginger
  • 1 free-range egg
  • 1 free-range egg yolk
  • Colourful boiled sweets
  • Royal icing, to decorate

Method

Preheat the oven to 175ºC/350ºF/ Gas Mark 4. Generously grease two baking sheets. Combine the butter, sugar and vanilla extract in a food processor until smooth.

Add the sifted flour, spices, egg and egg yolk and process to a smooth dough. Wrap in parchment and refridgerate until firm.

Roll out the dough on a lightly-floured work surface to 6mm in thickness. Cut out large star shapes using cutters, then cut out smaller stars from the centres of each.

Place on the baking tray. To make stained glass biscuits, break up boiled sweets and place in the holes in the middle of the stars before cooking.

Bake for 10-12 minutes until golden. Allow any stained glass biscuits to cool completely on the tray before removing them to a wire rack.

Decorate the biscuits as desired. Allow them to set.

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