Baking while in quaratine

Hi, my name is Emily (I am one of the many emily's in our group!) and I am writing today's blog post on a way to have fun and to kill some time - It is baking time!

 

They may look like this, but you can use different cookie cutters e.g. hearts

It serves 15 people

 

Here is what you need:

50g butter 

50g golden caster sugar 

140g plain flour 

 1 medium egg 

1tsp vanilla essence

1 crushed, clear hard boiled sweet 

Method:

1. Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. In a large mixing bowl combine the butter, caster sugar, plain flour, an egg and vanilla essence until you have a dough. 

2. Roll out the dough to the thickness of a £1 coin and cut out various shapes (try stars, circles and hearts) Place your shapes on a baking tray lined with baking parchment.

3.Cut out a small circular hole in the centre of each biscuit. Fill each hole with one crushed, clear hard boiled sweet. This will melt in the oven to create your 'stained glass'.

4.  Bake your biscuits in the oven for 8 mins until light golden and firm. Allow to cool completely. 

Thank you for reading this post! I hpe you enjoy making them!

Emily 😊