Orange & Ginger Stained Glass Biscuits

Kids will love to make these magical Christmas biscuits and hang them with pretty ribbon

• Cooking Time Prep 15 mins
  Cook 20 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Makes 14

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  160

• Protein

  2g

• Carbs

  23g

• Fat

  8g

• Saturates

  5g

• Fibre

  1g

• Sugar

  10g

• Salt

  0.14g

Ingredients

• sunflower oil, for greasing
• 175g plain flour, plus extra
• 1 tsp ground ginger
• zest 1 orange
• 100g butter, cold, cut into chunks
• 50g golden caster sugar
• 1 tbsp milk
• 12 fruit-flavoured boiled sweets
• icing sugar, to dust
• about 120cm thin ribbon, to decorate

Directions

1. Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Grease 2 large non-stick baking sheets with oil. Whizz the flour, ginger, zest and butter with 1?2 tsp salt to fine crumbs in a food processor. Pulse in the sugar and milk, then turn out and knead briefly on a floured surface until smooth. Wrap in cling film, then chill for about 30 mins.
2. Flour the work surface again, then roll out the dough to the thickness of a £1 coin. Use 7cm cutters to cut out shapes, then use 4cm cutters to cut out the middles. Re-roll leftover pieces. Make a hole in the top of each biscuit, then carefully lift onto the baking sheets.
3. Crush the sweets in their wrappers with a rolling pin, then put the pieces into the middles of the biscuits-the sweets should be level with the top of the dough. Bake for 15-20 mins or until the biscuits are golden brown and the middles have melted.
4. Leave to harden, then transfer to a rack to cool. Thread with ribbon, then dust with icing sugar. Will keep for a month, but best eaten within 3 days.

Categories: All Christmas, Family & Kids