Glittering Shortbread Crowns
Recipe by : Bonne Maman www . bonnemaman . co . uk
Ingredients :
• 225g unsalted butter , softened
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 115g caster sugar
• 340g plain flour
• 125g custard powder
• 4-5 tbsp milk
• Bonne Maman conserve or hazelnut chocolate spread
• Edible glue , gold glitter , sparkles and spray
Method : 1 . Heat the oven to 150 ° C , 130 ° C fan , gas 2
2 . In a medium bowl , beat together the butter , vanilla and sugar until creamy . Mix in the dry ingredients and enough milk to form a firm dough .
3 . Knead the dough into a ball and put it between two sheets of baking paper . Roll out the dough as thinly as you can , about 5mm , then chill for 20 minutes .
4 . Using crown shaped cutters , stamp out an even number of biscuits . Now stamp out a small round from the centre of half the biscuits to make the tops .
5 . Mix together all the dough off-cuts and re-roll between the paper as before . Stamp out more shapes .
6 . Once the shapes are cut out , arrange on two baking sheets lined with paper and chill for 10 minutes .
7 . Bake the biscuits for about 10-12 minutes or until firm and pale golden . Cool on the baking sheet .
8 . Using edible glue , decorate the top biscuits with edible glitter and sprinkles then spray with edible gold spray .
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