Chocolate Christmas Snowflake Biscuits l Honest Mum

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Christmas is coming so it’s time to share Christmas snowflake biscuits. The right festive nibble, they’re extremely enjoyable and tremendous straightforward to make and bake with little ones. The dough is malleable and simple to roll out and with my assist, Alexander and Oliver fastidiously lower these chocolate snowflakes out.

Easy to make, you could possibly even add a complete to the highest to brighten your tree with them. I needed to maintain our tree free from meals this yr as my youngsters would pull as little too firmly on the branches so as a substitute I’ve dusted with icing sugar and left them on plates by mini timber for a magical after faculty deal with.

I’m going for cups right here with my measurements as I at all times discover it a lot simpler and faster to bake in cups with youngsters this manner.

Among the many many presents my nice good friend Sharmin of Brand New Cravings introduced us when she visited, have been some stunning snowflake cutters by Peggy Porschen in Belgravia, which impressed this baking session and submit. Thanks Shar x

Substances:

• 1 cup caster sugar
• 1 cup unsalted butter
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1 free vary egg
• 2  3/4 cups plain flour, sifted
• 1/2 cup cocoa powder (we like Bournville Cocoa)
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• sprinkle of cinnamon
• sprinkle of all spice
• icing sugar for dusting

Technique:

In giant bowl, combine the sugar and butter collectively properly earlier than including milk and egg, stirring.  Add the flour, cocoa and baking powder and blend. You may refrigerate for half-hour to an hour however we work with it instantly.

Warmth oven to 190°C. On a flour-dusted floor, roll out the dough to 1/8-inch thickness and lower utilizing shapes till all of the dough is used.

Place your snowflakes 2 inches aside on butter greased baking trays.

Bake at 190°C for 8 to 11 minutes.

 Cool then sprinkle with icing sugar to serve.

Too fairly to eat. Nearly!