Iced bunny biscuits

Ingredients

1 1/2 cups plain flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
1/2 cup white sugar
1 large egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract

Icing

1 large egg white
1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
1 1/2 cups icing sugar, sifted

Method

Combine the flour, salt, and baking soda in a mixing bowl and set aside.

Beat the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla extraxt and continue to beat until well combined.

Add the flour mixture and mix together until thoroughly combined.

Turn the dough out onto your bench and roll into a large ball. Cover with cling wrap and refrigerate until the dough is firm enough to roll (at least one hour).

Preheat oven to 180°C. Line two baking trays with baking paper.

Remove the chilled dough from the fridge and roll it out on a lightly floured surface to a thicknes of 0.5cm. Cut shapes in the dough and place on baking tray.

Bake for 8-10 minutes depending on the size of the biscuits. Just as they are going brown round the edges, remove from the oven and allow to completely cool before icing.

To make the royal icing, combine all ingredients in a small mixing bowl and add desired food colouring, Use immediately.

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Note

Yes, I do realise that all the biscuits I made are not bunnies. I got carried away and made Easter chickens too!
I will admit here that I cheated with the icing – I used packaged royal icing so didn’t have to fuss with the egg white and lemon juice.
Be careful when adding food colouring to icing. Start with a drop or two and see what colour you get before adding more. I wanted soft pastel colours but didn’t heed my own advice! Hence the brightly coloured bunnies!
Don’t make the royal icing until the moment you need it and this type of icing will set hard and it will begin to set the moment you make it.
This recipe was created by Ella Walsh for Kidspot, New Zealand’s best recipe finder.