Kiss biscuits

Kids will love making these sweet little biscuits. Dipping them in icing and then sprinkles is what childhood cooking dreams are made of! Don't forget to chill the dough to make cutting out the biscuits easy.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup caster sugar

  • 200g butter

  • 1 tbsp vanilla extract

  • 3 cups plain flour

  • 1 bicarbonate of soda

  • 2 eggs

  • 1 cup raspberry jam

  • Sprinkles

    for decorating

  • 2 cups icing sugar

    For simple icing option

  • 1 tbsp water

    For simple icing option

Equipment

  • 1 food processor
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 plastic wrap
  • 1 baking trays
  • 1 baking paper
  • 1 rolling pin
  • 1 5 or 6cm diameter cutter
  • 1 metal spatula
  • 1 wire rack
  • 1 bowl

Instructions

  1. Place butter and sugar in a food processor, whiz until combined. Add flour, bicarb and eggs and whiz again until the mixture starts to come together in a ball. If you have a small food processor, it might be better to use an electric mixer.
  2. Wrap dough in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.
  3. Preheat oven to 180°C.
  4. Line two baking trays with baking paper.
  5. Lightly flour a surface and roll the dough out to 5mm thick.
  6. Cut out circles using a 5 or 6cm diameter cutter; use a metal slide/spatula to carefully lift onto prepared trays about 2cm apart.
  7. Repeat rolling, cutting and lifting until all dough is used.
  8. Bake for about 10 minutes until starting to colour.
  9. Remove from oven, cool slightly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
  10. Match the biscuits into even size pairs, spread one with jam, sandwich together, spread the top with icing and dip in a bowl of sprinkles.

Notes

Tip
Kiss biscuits are a bit time consuming, but so much fun for the kids to help put together.
Tip
For the icing, you can either use the icing from a cupcake recipe (uncoloured) or make a simple icing with 2 cups icing sugar and 1-2 tablespoons water.

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