Funny Face Biscuits

Serves: 20

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Total Time: 52

Prep Time: 40

Cook Time: 12

• 175 gram(s) self-raising flour
• 2.5 ml bicarbonate of soda
• 2.5 ml ground cinnamon
• 15 ml caster sugar
• 50 gram(s) butter
• 45 ml golden syrup
• 30 ml milk
• Flour for sprinkling
• Food colouring (optional)
• 125 gram(s) icing
• Sweets such as Smarties and Dolly Mixtures to decorate

Method

1. Makes about 20 biscuits
2. Preheat the oven to 190°C (170°C fan) mark 5. Sieve the flour, bicarbonate of soda and the cinnamon into a medium-size bowl. Stir in the caster sugar.
3. Put the butter and syrup in a small saucepan and melt them together over a low heat. Pour the melted butter and syrup into the bowl containing the flour. Add the milk then, using a fork, stir the mixture until it starts to come together to make a dough. You may need to add another 15ml (1tbsp) milk if the mixture seems too dry. Allow it to cool a little.
4. Sprinkle a little flour on to the worksurface and over a rolling pin. Roll the dough out until it's about 3mm thick - you may need to sprinkle the mixture with flour as you're doing this to stop it from sticking to the surface.
5. Cut the dough into shapes using animal, number or letter cutters (see Cook's Tips). Carefully place the biscuits on a baking sheet. Gather the remaining dough into a ball, roll it out again and cut some more shapes. Continue to do this until all the dough is used up.
6. Bake the biscuits for 7-10min or until lightly browned. Remove from the oven and cool slightly on the baking sheet. When they're firm, use a round-bladed knife to lift them on to a cooling rack.
7. If you want to, mix a drop or two of food colouring into the icing. Using a round-bladed knife, spread the icing over the biscuits and decorate with sweets. Store in an airtight container for up four days.
8. COOK'S TIP Try to cut out biscuit shapes as close together as possible, as the second and subsequent rollings are never as good as the first.

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