These biscuits look spectacular and are quite easy to make,the only problem seems to be that none of the recipes tell you how much the biscuits will spread when cooking, the hole in the centre needs to be big enough so that the “glass” part does not become covered as the biscuits spread/
You will need.
2 holly leaf shaped cutters ,one smaller than the other(see photos
heart or star shaped look good too.
350g plain flour plus extra for dusting
pinch of salt
1 tspn bicarbonate of soda
100g softened butter
175g caster sugar
1 large egg
1 tspn vanilla extract
4 tbsp golden syrup
about 50 mixed coloured boiled sweets 250g chopped
1 Sift the flour,salt and bicarbonate of soda into a large bowl,add the butter and rub in until the mixture resembles bread crumbs. Stir in the sugar.
Place the egg,golden syrup and vanilla extract in a bowl and whisk together,then pour the egg in to the flour mixture and mix to form a smooth dough. Wrap in cling film and chill for at least 30 minutes.
2 Preheat the oven to 180oC.line two baking sheets with baking paper. Roll out the dough on a floured surface to 5mm thick, then using the large cutter cut out your heart shape. Carefully transfer it to your lined baking sheet the with the smaller cutter cut the middle out of the larger heart shape.
Make sure that you flour the cutters regularly.
3 Fill the centre hole with the chopped sweets then using a skewer make a small hole at the top of each biscuit.
4 Bake in the oven for 10-12 minutes,or until the sweets are melted. Make sure that the hole has not closed up during the cooking and re-pierce if necessary. Leave to cool then carefully remove the biscuits from the trays and thread with a bit of ribbon or string.
Collect together any scraps of the dough and chill again then repeat the process.
5 Hang some on your own Christmas tree and give some to friends as a gift. This recipe will make at least 25 biscuits.
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