Angel spice biscuits with vanilla - recipe
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Prepare
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Serves
8 -
Cook
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Skill
Easy
Ingredients
For the biscuits
- 125 g Butter (unsalted) cubed
- 125 g Unrefined molasses sugar
- 1 tsp Vanilla extract
- 175 g Plain wholemeal flour
- 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 1 tsp Ginger (ground)
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) large
- 1 Egg yolk(s) (free range)
For the decoration
- 125 g Unrefined golden icing sugar
- Edible glitter to dust
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1
Put the butter into a food processor and add the sugar and vanilla extract, blending together until smooth.
For this step you'll need:
- 125g Butter (unsalted) cubed
- 125g Unrefined molasses sugar
- 1tsp Vanilla extract
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2
Add the flour, cocoa powder, ginger, whole egg and yolk then blend again until the mixture comes together to form a ball.
For this step you'll need:
- 175g Plain wholemeal flour
- 1 tbsp Cocoa powder
- 1tsp Ginger (ground)
- 1 Egg(s) (free range) large
- 1 Egg yolk(s) (free range)
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3
Turn onto a large sheet of baking parchment and knead the dough lightly for a couple of minutes until it is smooth.
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4
Wrap in the parchment paper and chill for 30 minutes.
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5
Preheat the oven to 180°C (160°C fan, 350°F, gas mark 4)
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6
Roll out the cookie dough between two sheets of baking parchment until it is 2.5 mm (1/8th inch) thick.
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7
Stamp out 6 angels using a cutter. Ease away the cookie dough surrounding the shapes and roll out these trimmings between two more sheets of baking parchment. Stamp out 2 more angel shapes.
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8
Take a small plain piping nozzle and stamp the tip near the top centre of the angel to make a hole. Leave the shapes on the baking parchment and slide the paper onto two firm baking sheets.
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9
Bake for 10-12 minutes until cookies are firm and golden.
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10
Cool on the paper for 5 minutes, then use a palette knife to cool the cookies completely on a wire rack.
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11
Sift the icing sugar into a bowl, add 1 tbsp of cold water, stir then and add another 1 tbsp of water to make a smooth piping consistency.
For this step you'll need:
- 125g Unrefined golden icing sugar
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12
Put a fine plain nozzle into a plastic piping bag and pipe a halo and wings on the angels.
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13
When the icing is firm, thread some white raffia through the holes and hang onto your Christmas tree.
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14
An alternative decorating idea would be to create white chocolate iced biscuits. Simply melt 150g (5 oz) white chocolate in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water and use to decorate biscuits instead of the icing.