Today I decided to get my daughter involved in a heart shape baking activity. My daughter absolutely loves baking and she is a real girl and loves girlie things so pink hearts are just up her alley and she absolutely had a ball making these easy biscuits. Your little ones can help you mix the ingredients and cut the dough with a cookie cutter of their choice to make it even more exciting and special.
Ingredients:
- 2 Tbsp. castor sugar
- Pink food colouring
- 75g butter softened
- 3 Tbsp. brown sugar
- 3 Tbsp. maple syrup
- 1 medium egg
- 175g plain flour
- Medium sized heart-shaped cookie cutter
- Roller
- 1/2 Greased cooking trays
Method:
- Pour the castor sugar into a bowl
- Add two drops of food colouring and stir the sugar until it is pink and mixed properly
- Spread the mixture on a plate
- Put the butter and soft brown sugar into a large bowl. Stir the ingredients until they are creamy and then stir in the maple syrup
- Carefully break an egg into a small bowl but divide the yolk from the egg white
- Add the yolk to the butter mixture and mix it in
- Sift the flour, and then add this to your mixture. Once combined, squeeze the mixture to turn it into your dough
- Wrap the dough with cling wrap and place in the fridge for 30min, while it’s in the fridge preheat your oven to about 180 degrees
- Roll the dough out on a surface sprinkled with flour to stop the dough sticking
- Using your heart shaped cutter, cut the dough and place the heart shapes onto your baking tray
- Bake for 10-12minutes. Remember to check your biscuits half way through to ensure they are not cooking to quickly
- Then sprinkle the hearts with the castor sugar and food colouring mixture you made in the beginning
Contributed by Lauren Katzen of Clamber Club Sports – City Bowl
Tel: 082 781 2786
Email: sportscitybowl@clamberclub.com
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