Recipe

Women's Weekly Vintage Edition: Funny faces

Too cute! Get the kids involved with these simple biscuits and let them decorate away to their hearts content. Definitely a wet weather winner!

May 31, 2014 2:00pm
  • 40 mins preparation
  • 12 mins cooking
  • Makes 20
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Ingredients

Funny faces
  • 60 gram butter
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence
  • 1/4 cup (40 g) icing sugar mmixture
  • 1 egg, separated
  • 1/2 cup (75 g) plain flour
  • 1/2 cup (75 g) self-raising flour
  • 2 teaspoon milk, approximately
  • assorted sweets

Method

Funny faces
  • 1
    Beat butter, essence, icing sugar and egg yolk in small bowl with electric mixer until smooth. Stir in sifted flours and enough milk to mix to a soft dough. Knead gently on lightly floured surface until smooth; cover and refrigerate for about 20 minutes.
  • 2
    Roll dough between sheets of baking paper until 3 mm thick. Cut into 6 cm rounds and place about 3 cm apart on greased oven trays.
  • 3
    Decorate with assorted sweets and pastry scraps using lightly beaten egg white to attach decorations.
  • 4
    Bake in moderate oven for about 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on trays.

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