FESTIVE EASTER BISCUITS

I sincerely hope you would share the same passion as me!

Celebrate Easter with the family and kids, making playful festive biscuits.

The biscuits are soft with a hint of almonds and vanilla. Adorned with pastel-shade icing fondant.

Shaped into charming Easter-themed characters such as eggs, chicks and bunnies.

In a mixing bowl bring together the butter, golden caster sugar, plain flour, ground almonds, vanilla paste and an egg.

Blitz together to form a soft dough.

Transfer the dough onto a flat surface and shape into a disc.

Then wrap the dough in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.

Take the dough out of the fridge and divide into two equal portions.

Roll out one half of the dough to a ¼” thickness.

Then using a cutter, gently press an imprint into the dough.

Repeat the process with the other half of the dough.

Transfer the cut-outs onto a lined baking tray.

Leave a little space between each biscuit.

Bake in a pre-heated oven at 170C Fan, for 10-12 minutes. Cook until pale golden around the edges.

Allow to cool down completely.

In the meantime colour the fondant icing.

Take three small portions of white icing, and add an amount of food colouring to each portion.

Knead until the colour is evenly distributed.

Add more colouring as needed to achieve the desired shade.

Roll individual balls in readiness for shaping.

Using a rolling pin, roll out each coloured ball and imprint shapes.

Cut out the relevant shape to match the biscuit.

Using a brush, dampen the top of the biscuit with milk.

Gently press the fondant onto the biscuit, smoothing out any wrinkles or air bubbles.

Repeat the process with the rest of the biscuits.

Finally create fancy designs with colour gels on icing.

Allow the icing and gel to set for about 2 hours, before serving.