Aromatic festive biscuits

These biscuits for the Christmas tree are quick and fun to make with children

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adorn your tree with these easy to make, no-bake decorations, which have a wonderful, spicy scent evocative of Christmas. They will keep for many years if you store them in an airtight container
where their aroma will intensify.

 

Ribbon, Paperchase. Biscuit cutters, Cox & Cox. Writing icing, Waitrose

How to make

250g apple sauce

1 teaspoon glue (PVA is fine)

120g cinnamon

1 Mix all the ingredients together by hand or in a food processor to form a stiff dough (add a little water or flour if the dough is too dry or wet).

2 Roll out to 5mm thickness and cut with shaped biscuit cutters.

3 Make a small hole at the top with a skewer (to hang the biscuit with ribbon) and leave to dry for three days.

4 Thread with a fine ribbon to hang.

Doilies, (pack of 30 assorted sizes), Imaginative Icing. Poster paint, £2.95 for six 22ml pots, Cass Art. Ribbon, V V Rouleaux

 

Styling: Ben Kendrick with Caroline Reeves and Laura Vine. Photos: Claire Richardson

 

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