Iced & spiced biscuits

Iced & spiced biscuits

Bake up a batch of these oh-so-pretty afternoon tea-time treats

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 40-50 biscuits

Preperation and cooking times

Ready in 30 mins plus chilling plus setting

Method

  1. Sift the flour, baking powder, spices and a pinch of salt together. Cream together the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy, then gradually beat in the egg. Add the dry ingredients and mix thoroughly. Add a tsp of cold water to bring the dough together if you need to. Press into a disc, wrap and chill for at least 30 minutes.
  2. Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the dough to the thickness of a £1 coin and, using cookie cutters, stamp out shapes. Lift onto parchment-lined baking sheets and bake for 15-20 minutes, or until pale golden in colour.
  3. When the biscuits have cooled completely, mix up the royal icing with a little water a bit at a time until it is a spreadable consistency. Divide the icing into batches, then add the colours you want. Dip one side of each biscuit into one colour, then pipe on strips of other colours. Drag the point of a knife across the biscuits at right angles to the lines to make a pattern. Allow to set.

Recipe from olive magazine, April 2005.

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  • 27 April 2008

    Beverley commented on this recipe

    These biscuits are lovely very easy to make and from husband ,daughter to friends everyone liked them

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  • 16 September 2008

    Harissa's Harlot commented on this recipe

    I can finally sign in again...have been inexplicably rejected for months, and pining...anyway, I want to try this recipe as I fancy knocking up some punchy, spicy biscuits: can anyone give the requisite baking powder and cinnamon quantities please? ta.

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  • 16 September 2008

    Harissa's Harlot commented on this recipe

    I can finally sign in again...have been inexplicably rejected for months, and pining...anyway, I want to try this recipe as I fancy knocking up some punchy, spicy biscuits: can anyone give the requisite baking powder and cinnamon quantities please? ta.

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  • 17 September 2008

    Chris.tate commented on this recipe

    I had Spanish friends visiting London and invited them for a typical English afternoon tea and these pretty, tasty biscuits were wonderful and I made them well in advance and kept them in an airtight tin. Perfect!

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  • 17 September 2008

    Chris.tate commented on this recipe

    I had Spanish friends visiting London and invited them for a typical English afternoon tea and these pretty, tasty biscuits were wonderful and I made them well in advance and kept them in an airtight tin. Perfect!

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  • 18 September 2008

    Harissa's Harlot commented on this recipe

    please can someone help with the cinnamon and baking powder quantities that are not online? Please!

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  • 05 October 2008

    robyn256 commented on this recipe

    Yes, it is a little silly not to include quantities for the cinnamon, and especially for the baking powder - too little or too much will ruin the recipe. Any ideas? Anyone?

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  • 16 December 2008

    Nat-df commented on this recipe

    Managed to dig out my Mum's copy of Olive where this recipe appeared....quantities are 1/2 tsp of cinnamon and 1/2 tsp of baking powder.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Makes 40-50 biscuits

Preperation and cooking times

Ready in 30 mins plus chilling plus setting

Ingredients

  • 300g plain flour
  • baking powder
  • 1 tsp mixed spice
  • ground cinnamon
  • 100g unsalted butter , softened
  • 200g golden caster sugar
  • 1 large egg , beaten
  • 250g pack royal icing sugar
  • food colourings
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