How to Decorate Baby Shower Biscuits
Whether you’re looking for a handmade sweet treat for your guests to enjoy or a party favour for people to take home, these biscuits will be perfect for any baby shower! Choose from adorable clouds, stars, moons, mountains, or try all four baby shower biscuit designs!
Project and instructions by Lucy Bruns.
You will need
You will also need:
* 200g/8oz softened butter
* 150g/6oz caster sugar
* 2 large egg yolks
* 400g/14oz plain flour, plus extra for dusting surface
* Grated zest of 1 lemon or 1 tsp vanilla extract/other flavouring of your choice
* 2-4 tbsp milk
Method:
Measure the butter and sugar into a bowl along with the zest and beat together until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolks. Sieve in the flour and add enough milk to give a fairly soft dough. Bring together, using your hands then wrap and chill in the fridge for 1 hour.
Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4. Line two baking trays with baking parchment.
Remove from the fridge and roll out on a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of about 5mm/¼in. Cut out your shapes and bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes, or until pale golden-brown.
Cloud: Use the flower cutter to cut out flower shapes from the dough. Use a ruler and a pizza wheel to cut each flower in half to make 2 clouds.
Star: Use the star cutters to cut out the dough.
Moon: Use the 8cm round cutter to cut out discs from the dough. Remove a section from the disc using the 6.5cm round cutter to make a crescent moon shape.
Mountain: Use a ruler and pizza wheel to cut out tall triangle shapes – (small: 7cm at base x 9cm tall) (large: 9cm wide x 12.5cm tall) cut out paper templates so that you can use them to cut out the icing too.