ORANGE & GINGER STAINED GLASS BISCUITS

Orange & ginger stained glass biscuits image

Kids will love to make these magical Christmas biscuits and hang them with pretty ribbon

Provided by Good Food team

Time 35m

Yield Makes 14

Number Of Ingredients 10

Ingredients

sunflower oil , for greasing
175g plain flour , plus extra
1 tsp ground ginger
zest 1 orange
100g butter , cold, cut into chunks
50g golden caster sugar
1 tbsp milk
12 fruit-flavoured boiled sweets
icing sugar , to dust
about 120cm thin ribbon , to decorate

Steps:

Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Grease 2 large non-stick baking sheets with oil. Whizz the flour, ginger, zest and butter with 1⁄2 tsp salt to fine crumbs in a food processor. Pulse in the sugar and milk, then turn out and knead briefly on a floured surface until smooth. Wrap then chill for about 30 mins.
Flour the work surface again, then roll out the dough to the thickness of a £1 coin. Use 7cm cutters to cut out shapes, then use 4cm cutters to cut out the middles. Re-roll leftover pieces. Make a hole in the top of each biscuit, then carefully lift onto the baking sheets.
Crush the sweets in their wrappers with a rolling pin, then put the pieces into the middles of the biscuits - the sweets should be level with the top of the dough. Bake for 15-20 mins or until the biscuits are golden brown and the middles have melted.
Leave to harden, then transfer to a rack to cool. Thread with ribbon, then dust with icing sugar. Will keep for a month, but best eaten within 3 days.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 160 calories, Fat 8 grams fat, SaturatedFat 5 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 23 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 10 grams sugar, Fiber 1 grams fiber, Protein 2 grams protein, Sodium 0.14 milligram of sodium