Halloween biscuits
Whip up some homemade Halloween biscuits to delight little ghosts and ghouls. You can cut our easy biscuit dough into spooky shapes and spend the day decorating with icing and sprinkles.
Ingredients
- 100²µ/3½´Ç³ú unsalted butter, softened at room temperature
- 100²µ/3½´Ç³ú caster sugar
- 1 free-range egg, lightly beaten
- 275g/10oz plain flour
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
To decorate
- 400g/14oz icing sugar
- 3-4 tbsp water
- 2-3 drops food colourings
Method
Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl until combined.
Beat in the egg and vanilla extract, a little at a time, until well combined.
Stir in the flour until the mixture comes together as a dough.
Roll the dough out on a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of 1cm/½in.
Using Halloween-style biscuit cutters, cut biscuits out of the dough and carefully place onto the baking tray.
Bake the biscuits for 8-10 minutes, or until pale golden-brown. Set aside to harden for 5 minutes, then cool on a wire rack.
For the icing, sift the icing sugar into a large mixing bowl and stir in enough water to create a smooth mixture. Stir in the food colouring.
Carefully spread the icing onto the biscuits using a knife and set aside until the icing hardens.