Christmas Biscuits (cookies).
So easy, your 9yo will be able to make them (as he did in the photo above!)
Ingredients:
200g Platypus Foods baking mix
190g wheat starch
50g custard powder
1 tablespoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon vanilla
170g butter, soft
1/2 cup brown sugar
180g golden syrup
Method:
Heat oven to 160 degrees Celsius
- Mix baking mix, wheat starch, custard powder and cinnamon together in a large bowl
- In the bowl of an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla together until light and fluffy
- Add golden syrup and mix briefly
- Add dry ingredients to butter/sugar and mix until a dough forms
- Put half the dough in the fridge while working with the other half
- Roll dough between sheets of baking paper until 3-4mm thin
- Cut out shapes with biscuit cutters and place on tray dusted lightly with wheat starch
- Bake for 8-10 minutes (8 minutes for softer biscuits, 10 minutes for crunchier – they will firm up out of the oven)
- Remove trays from oven and carefully loosen biscuits with a spatula. Leave to cool on trays
- When cool, place on wire rack and ice with royal icing if desired.
Variations:
Add 2 teaspoons of ginger powder and use to make gingerbread men.