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Spooky Shortbread

Shortbread is delicious anytime of the year, so why not transform them into some spooky biscuits. These simple biscuits will taste yummy and are fun for kids to make.

Ingredients​

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For the shortbread

125g/4oz soft butter 

55g/2oz caster sugar

180g/6oz plain flour 

 

For the decoration

200g icing sugar

Warm water

Black food colouring (if you have it)

 

Alternatively, you can use ready-made white and black piping icing

What do we need?

Large mixing bowl

Small mixing bowl

Tablespoon

Weighing scales

Electric Mixer or Wooden spoon/ Spatula

Rolling pin

Baking tray

Icing bag

Tia's tip

When you have bought the shortbread together as a touch it is good to wrap it up and let it rest

What do we do?

  • Pre-heat the oven to 190C/ Gas Mark 5.

  • Put the butter and sugar into the large mixing bowl and whisk together until the mixture is smooth.

  • Add the flour and whisk until combined. The mixture will resemble bread crumbs. 

  • Bring the dough together with your hands.

  • Put the dough on the worktop and use a rolling pin to roll it out until it is 1cm thick.

  • Use a cookie cutter or small cup to cut the dough into circles. 

  • Put the shortbread onto baking tray and bake in the oven for 10minutes, or until pale golden-brown. 

  • Once they are cooked leave to cool completely. If you decorate them too quickly the icing will melt.

  • In the small bowl mix the icing sugar with a little water until you get a thick but pipeable icing.

  • If you have black food colouring divide the icing in half and colour half black.

  • Use the white icing to pipe your spider webs. Start in the centre and draw lines out to the edge – three on each side. Then use the icing to join the lines up going round in a circle. You should fit 3-4 circles onto the biscuit.

  • If you have black icing pipe a small oval in the centre of the biscuit. Then pipe four legs on both sides so you have spider biscuits. 

 

Eat and enjoy!

IProperty of Cooking Pioneersy.

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