Use the Basic Vanilla Biscuit Recipe (see below)
You will need the following:
• 20 red-coated chocolate sweets
• 40 small pretzels
• 40 silver balls
• 20 kebab sticks
Royal icing
• 1 large egg white
• 400g icing sugar, sifted
• 3ml lemon juice
1 Cut 6cm circles out of the biscuit dough and place onto a lined baking sheet.
2 Cut the pretzels in half to form the shape of the reindeer antlers. Press two into each biscuit.
3 Press a red sweet into the centre to form the nose and press two silver balls just above the nose to form the eyes. Bake for eight to 10 minutes or until the edges brown slightly. Leave on the baking sheet for five minutes, then leave to cool completely on a wire cooling rack.
4 Royal icing Whisk the egg white until foamy. Beat in the lemon juice and icing sugar until it forms a very thick paste. Pipe icing onto the back of the biscuit and stick the kebab stick into the centre. Leave to set for about two hours or until the icing has hardened.
BASIC VANILLA BISCUITS
Makes: about 50
Preparation time: 20 minutes, plus refrigeration time
Baking time: 8-12 minutes
Oven temperature: 180°C
You will need the following
• 185g (200ml) butter, softened
• 220g (250ml) castor sugar
• 10ml vanilla essence
• 1 large egg
• 1 large egg yolk
• 365g (675ml) cake flour
1 Cream the butter and castor sugar until light. Add the vanilla essence, egg and egg yolk and beat in well.
2 Stir in the flour. Use your hands to knead the last bit of flour in to form a dough. Flatten the dough and cover with clingwrap then refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3 Divide the dough in half. Roll out each piece between two sheets of clingwrap.
