Annabel Karmel's Easter Animal Cookies
These super cute animal cookies will look great on any Easter spread, plus your little ones can get involved in decorating
- 185g plain flour
- 1 ½tsp ground ginger
- ½tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 50g butterat room temperature
- 85g soft light brown sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- 2tbsp golden syrup
For the decoration
- mini Smarties
- sugar flowers
- hundreds and thousands
- sugar strands
- icing pen
- royal icingor white and pink icing
Method
step 1
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4. Line or grease two large baking sheets with non-stick baking paper.
step 2
Sift the flour, ginger and bicarbonate of soda into a mixing bowl. Cut the butter into chunks and add to the bowl. Rub the butter into the flour using your fingers until the mixture looks like fine breadcrumbs.
step 3
Stir the sugar into the mixture, then add the egg yolk and golden syrup and mix everything together using a wooden spoon.
step 4
Sprinkle a clean work surface with flour and knead the dough until it is smooth. Cut the dough in half.
step 5
Sprinkle the work surface with a little more flour and roll out the dough, starting at the centre and rolling evenly outwards. Repeat with the second ball of dough.
step 6
Cut into shapes using animal cookie cutters. Re-roll the trimmings and use all the dough.
step 7
Place the shapes on the lined or greased baking sheets and bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Allow to cool, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Decorate the biscuits once they are cool.