These pretty biscuits will be a hit with all generations and they're so easy to make.
Ingredients
- 1 x basic lemon biscuit dough recipe (see recipe)
- 250g fondant icing sugar
- 80g Smarties (2 standard tubes)
Method
- 1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan160°C/gas 4. Roll out half of the chilled lemon biscuit dough between 2 sheets of baking paper to 5mm thickness, then peel off the top sheet of baking paper.
- 2. Take a 7.5cm round fluted metal cutter (or choose your own shapes) and stamp 5 shapes into the dough, then carefully lift away the dough around the shapes, leaving the 5 cookies still on the baking paper. Carefully lift the baking paper onto a firm baking sheet. Re-roll the trimmings with the remaining half of dough between sheets of baking paper, as before, and stamp out more shapes, putting the biscuits on a second baking sheet. Bake the biscuits for 12-15 minutes, until firm and pale golden. Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes, then use a palette knife to transfer to a wire rack and cool completely.
- 3. Rest a sieve over a bowl, add some of the fondant icing sugar and use a spoon to press it through the sieve (this removes any lumps). Continue until all of the icing is sieved. Add 2 tablespoons of cold water and stir until the icing is smooth. Spoon the icing over each biscuit to cover, then press 8 Smarties onto the top of each to decorate. Allow the icing to set before eating.
Chef's tip
You 'll need to make the basic lemon biscuit dough first - see recipe for details. The dough is much easier to manage if you roll it out in two parts.