Preparation Time
10-30 minutes
Serves
30
Ingredients
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For the biscuits:
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½ tsp baking powder
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1 tsp ground ginger (or more to taste)
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200g plain flour
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75g cold unsalted butter, cut into cubes (or virgin coconut oil)
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60ml maple syrup
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To decorate:
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Coconut oil, maple syrup or honey for sticking
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Dried fruit such as raisins, goji berries, etc.
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Seeds such as poppy seeds, sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds etc.
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Flaked almonds and flaked or desiccated coconut
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Easter cookie cutters
1. Preheat your oven to 180°C fan / 160°C fan/ gas mark 4
2. Grease and line two baking trays.
3. Stir the baking powder and ginger into the flour, then rub the butter and maple syrup into the flour with your finger tips, or pulse on and off in a food processer to combine into a crumbly texture, that will easily press together into a dough. Add a splash of water if needed to bring it together, but not too much.
4. Flour a clean work surface and gently knead the dough, just to bring it together.
5. Roll out to a 3mm thickness and cut out shapes using an Easter cookie cutter You can add a small hole at the top of each biscuit if you like using a straw or a small sharp knife, so that the biscuits can be threaded with ribbon and hung up for an Easter display.
6. Place onto the baking trays and bake for about 10 - 15 minutes until golden.
7. Carefully transfer the cooked biscuits onto a wire cooling rack, and allow to cool completely before decorating.
To decorate:
1. You can decorate your biscuits with a selection of dried fruit, seeds and coconut, or leave plain if you prefer.
2. Decorations can be stuck to the biscuits using a small amount of coconut oil, maple syrup or honey.
3. Raisins, cut up goji berries and seeds make fantastic eyes for a rabbit or a chick. Flaked almonds or flaked/desiccated coconut, make great wings and feathers. You can also use fresh fruit to decorate, but then the biscuits will need to be eaten straight away.
Suitable from 12 months.