Figured biscuits

Name: Figured biscuits
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 40
Ingredients: 2 Eggs (size M); 300 g Flour; 200 g Butter; 1 pinch Salt; 300 g Icing sugar; 1 TABLESPOON Lemon juice; 7-10 Tbsp Food colours; 7-10 Tbsp sugar pearls; baking paper; 7-10 Tbsp Cling film

AUTHOR
Benton Mccarty

DIFFICULTY
easy

RATING

COOK TIME
60 mins

TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 40

2 Eggs (size M)
300 g Flour
200 g Butter
1 pinch Salt
300 g Icing sugar
1 TABLESPOON Lemon juice
7-10 Tbsp Food colours
7-10 Tbsp sugar pearls
baking paper
7-10 Tbsp Cling film

Directions

1
Separate 1 egg. Knead flour, butter, 1 egg yolk and 1 egg, salt and 100 g icing sugar to a dough. Wrap in cling film and chill for 1 hour. Roll out the dough to a thickness of about 0.5 cm. Cut out cookies with motif cutters (e.g. elephants, camels) and place on 3 baking trays covered with baking paper. Bake the baking trays one after the other in a preheated oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/ gas: level 3) for approx. 10 minutes.
2
Let them cool down. Place cookies on a cake rack. Whisk the egg white and mix with 200 g icing sugar and lemon juice. Spread the icing on small bowls and colour with food colouring. Decorate cookies as desired with coloured icing and sugar pearls. Leave to dry for 1 hour