Annabel Karmel’s Easter Animal Cookies
- Makes 15
These super cute cookies will look great on any Easter spread

Ingredients
For the cookies
- 185g
- ground ginger 1½ tsp
- Bicarbonate of soda ½ tsp
- Butter 50g, room temperature
- Soft light brown sugar 85g
- egg yolk 1
- Golden syrup 2 tbsp
For the decoration
- mini Smarties
- Sugar flowers
- hundreds and thousands
- sugar strands
- icing pen
- or white and pink icing royal icing mixed with water
Method
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Step 1
Pre-heat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4. Line or grease two large baking sheets with non-stick baking paper.
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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.
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Step 3
Stir the sugar into the mixture, then add the egg yolk and golden syrup and mix everything together using a wooden spoon.
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Step 4
Sprinkle a clean work surface with flour and knead the dough until it is smooth. Cut the dough in half.
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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.
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Step 6
Cut into shapes using animal cookie cutters. Re-roll the trimmings and use all the dough.
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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.
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