Gluten and Dairy Free Christmas Tree Spiced Biscuits

I really like resharing this Christmas Tree biscuits every year as they’re the proper biscuit to hold out of your tree!

Up to date put up.

I needed to re-share this put up as I do know numerous you made these Christmas tree spiced biscuits after I first posted ours yonks in the past.

Fast, and tremendous enjoyable to make, bake after which adorn your tree in a single full swoop, you guys should attempt them.

These are gluten and dairy free. Since first posting I’m now vegan and Oliver can’t eat eggs so I have to develop an egg free, vegan recipe.

My Dad, Oliver and I made them collectively 3 years in the past now. I keep in mind it was onerous to not eat all of them earlier than Peter photographed them!

The second batch have been scoffed too (what are we like?!) however the third batch made it as Peter and I baked them whereas the children slept!

It’s great to look again on these photos as the children have been so younger!

Phrase of warning, utilizing gluten free flour even with Xanthan gum added for binding, nonetheless resulted in biscuits with slight crack marks, so we iced this batch to cover that reality and in addition as a result of they appeared extra festive that method.

They’re nonetheless sturdy and received’t break, they’re simply not completely easy!

Edible, elective decorations are Waitrose’s personal.

Elements:

Serves 24

• 300 g gluten free plain white flour (we like Doves Farm) and a little bit for dusting
• 250 g dairy dairy free vegetable unfold
• 2 free vary medium sized eggs, overwhelmed
• 3 tablespoons honey
• 1 teaspoon floor cinnamon
• 180 g unrefined golden icing
• 2 tbsp water
• Optionally available edible decorations and festive ribbon

Technique:

Preheat oven to 180 levels °C/ fuel mark 4

Rub the flour and vegetable unfold along with your fingertips to resemble breadcrumbs or use a meals processor. Add the eggs and honey to the combination and the cinnamon. Whisk to create a combination.

Cowl with cling movie and depart within the fridge for half-hour.

As soon as agency, take away the dough.

Unfold a big sheet of baking parchment over the work floor and switch the dough onto it. Mud with flour after which utilizing a rolling pin, roll to a thickness of 0.5 cm. Minimize shapes with a cookie-cutter of stars, bows and snowflakes or use a pointy knife.

Create a big gap for hanging (we used the top of a straw), make it greater than you assume  it needs to be as the opening shrinks when baking.

Evenly grease with a little bit unfold a baking sheet and raise the shapes onto it and bake for 10 minutes till golden brown.

Take away from the oven and funky.

Combine the icing sugar and water and unfold over the cool biscuits. Sprinkle edible decorations over. Go away to set.

Thread with festive ribbon or string and grasp in your tree or eat.

Let me know when you make them and have yourselves a Merry Christmas! x

In the event you like this recipe, you would possibly like my gluten-free honey biscuits.