Bunting Biscuits
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Channel: Morrisons · 2012 · Howto & Style
Celebrate the Jubilee in style with these fantastic 'Bunting Biscuits' prepared by Fiona Faulkner. serves 12 prep in 15 mins cook in 15 mins chill for 45 mins Ingredients 175g plain flour 100g butter 2 tbsp milk 1 tsp vanilla extract 50g caster sugar 24 Glacier mints red and blue food colouring 1 Whizz the flour and butter together until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the milk, vanilla extract and sugar. Form into a ball then wrap in clingfilm and chill in the fridge for 45 minutes. 2 Preheat the oven to 160ºC/140ºC fan/ Gas 2. Roll out the dough between baking parchment until 0.3cm thick. 3 Cut the dough into 12 triangles measuring 11 x 11 x 8cm, then cut a small triangle from the middle, leaving a 1cm border (children might need help; a template is also useful here). Make holes in the top two corners of the biscuits, then place the frames on a baking tray. 4 Put two mints in the middle of each frame. Drop blue food colouring onto the mints in four of the biscuits, and red colouring on another four. Bake for 12 minutes until golden and the sweets have melted. Swirl the mint centre halfway through for an even colour. 5 Remove the biscuits from the oven. Leave to cool then get the kids to thread with coloured ribbon or string. Per serving: calories 119 (6.6%), sugar 7.5g (8.8%), fat 5.7g (8.1%), saturates 3.5g (18%), salt 0.1g (2.5%) of your guideline daily amount (children aged 5-10)
