Spiced Pumpkin Shortbread
- Preparation and cooking time
- Prep:
- Cook:
- Easy
- Serves 14
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- 100g butter, chilled
- 75g caster sugar
- 175g plain flour
- 1tsp cinnamon
- 1/2tsp nutmeg
- 1/2tsp mixed spice
- Orange food colouring
- Whole cloves
- 2tsp milk (optional)
Method
step 1
Preheat the oven to 160degrees/140fan Grease a large baking sheetstep 2
Mix together the flour, sugar and spices Rub in the butter until the mixture resembles breadcrumbsstep 3
Add a dollop of food colouring and knead the mixture until it forms a dough, add a little milk if needed. At this stage add more food colouring to reach your desired colourstep 4
Take a heaped teaspoon of dough and roll it into a ball, Mark vertical lines in the side of the ball to form a pumpkin shape, go quite deep to prevent the lines fading out while cooling.step 5
Place a clove into the top of each ball and place it onto the tray. Continue until all the dough has been used upstep 6
Bake for around 35minutes or until the biscuits are firm and the bases have darkened, if baked too little they will be raw in the middle!step 7
Leave to cool before enjoying!
