Stained Glass Biscuits
Pretty Stained Glass Biscuits are great for baking with children.
Servings: 20 biscuits
Ingredients
- 250 g plain/all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder (5ml)
- 125 g butter
- 125 g caster sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract (5ml)
- assorted boiled sweets
Equipment
Instructions
Preparation:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/ 160°C fan/ gas mark 4/ 350°F
- Line 2 baking sheets with a liner or baking parchment, or grease with butter
- Put 3-4 sweets of the same colour in a plastic bag and crush with a rolling pin
- Repeat for all the colours you want to use
For the Stained Glass Biscuits:
- Put all the ingredients in a large mixing bowl/ processor. Mix well until all the ingredients are combined(Flour, baking powder, butter caster sugar, egg vanilla)
- Tip the dough onto a floured work surface and shape into a ball with your hands. If it feels too soft, put it in the fridge for half an hour
- Using a floured rolling pin, roll the dough out to about ½ cm thick. Cut out the biscuits and put onto the prepared baking trays
- Cut out a small star shape from the centre. You can cook the stars as tiny plain biscuits
- Fill the hole with crushed sweet as carefully as possible, getting some into the points of the star. The sweet will melt to fill the space
- If you have time, putting the baking trays in the fridge for 20 minutes before cooking helps to keep the biscuit shape, but it really isn't essential. Add an extra 5 minutes to the cooking time
- Bake for 12-18 minutes, depending on size
- Cool for a minute or two then turn onto a wire rack until completely cool.
Notes
Storage:
- The biscuits keep for at least a week in an airtight container