Easter biscuits

We have some great recipes for the Easter festivities. Asda in the U.K. also has some great Easter recipes and here are our favourites. Bear in mind the recipes may include products sold at Asda that are available under a generic name elsewhere.

Egg shaped Easter Biscuits
You will need:

• 125g salted butter, softened
• 50g caster sugar
• Few drops of vanilla extract
• 150g plain flour
• 1 level tbsp cornflour
• 1 level tbsp cocoa powder
• 500g royal icing sugar
• 500g Home2Bake Concentrated Gel Colouring, to decorate

How to make

• Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.
• Beat the butter, caster sugar and vanilla extract together.
• Divide equally between 2 bowls.
• Sift half of the flour with the cornflour and the other half with the cocoa.
• Add the cornflour mix to one bowl of butter and the cocoa mix to the other, then mix both to form two separate doughs.
• Put on a sheet of clingfilm and flatten each one to 1cm thick.

• Wrap clingfilm and chill for 20 minutes.​
• Roll out the dough between 2 sheets of clingfilm, to 4mm thick.
• Remove the top layer of clingfilm. Use a stencil to cut out egg-shaped biscuits.
• Put on the baking trays and bake for 10-12 minutes.
• Cool for 10 minutes, then finish cooling on a wire rack.
• Make up the royal icing to pack instructions and add the gel colouring.
• Ice the biscuits and leave for 20 minutes to set, then pipe on more icing to finish of.
• 150g icing sugar, plus extra for dusting

More Easter Recipes:
Classic Easter Simnel Cake
Daffodil Easter cake
Hot Cross Buns

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