Stained glass window biscuits
These stained glass window biscuits are perfect for Christmas. The windows which are melted boiled sweets look really festive.
Servings: 12
Ingredients
- 12 oz 350 g plain flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 2 tsp ground ginger
- ½ tsp salt
- 3½ oz 100g butter
- 6 oz 175g soft brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 4 tbsp golden syrup
- Packet of brightly coloured boiled sweets
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 18OC 350 F Gas mark 4
- Rub the butter into the flour, bicarbonate of soda, salt and ginger until it is like fine breadcrumbs.
- Add the sugar into the mixture.
- Add the syrup and the egg into the mixture and stir together. Knead into a dough
- Roll out and use cutters to create shapes or style using a knife. You could use two cutters one smaller than the other to create biscuits with holes in.
- Crush the boiled sweets. I found it easiest to use a food processor and fill bows with crushed sweets of the same colour. Use these to fill the gaps in the biscuits.
- Place on a baking tray and bake for 10 - 15 minutes. I used greaseproof paper on the tray to stop them sticking.