Annabel Karmel's Easter Animal Cookies
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- A little work
- Makes 15
Ingredients
- 185g plain flour
- 1 ½tsp ground ginger
- ½tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 50g butter at 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 icing or 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.