Anywho, I thought I would post a tutorial for the cookies as they were a major hit :)
It is just a basic biscuit recipe which you can change the flavouring/colours to suit your tastes or event. I bought my cookie cutter for $2.99 from House, it's only a tiny one, and I do plan to get a bigger one probably online.
Basic Changeable Biscuit
125g softened butter
1/2 cup sugar
Pinch of salt
1 cup plain flour
1 cup self-raising flour
1 egg
Splash of milk
Preheat oven to 180C
Mix the butter and sugar until you get a soft creamy mixture.
Add the salt and mix: add the egg and mix.
Add the flour 1/2 cup at a time, mix with each addition. (I alternate the plain and self raising cups)
Add the splash of milk if needed and mix.
Knead the dough until it is not messy, then roll out until about 5mm or so thick. The thickness doesn't really matter. The biscuit will expand a bit.
Cut using a cookie cutter to suit yourself.
Bake for 8-10 minutes - For a soft biscuit cook for the shorter time. For a harder biscuit check them closer to the 10 minutes
Royal Icing Recipe
1 1/2 cups pure icing sugar, sifted
1 egg white
1/2 tsp lemon juice
Gel food colouring if desired
Lightly whisk eggwhite and lemon juice together in a bowl.
If adding colouring do so while mixing.
Gradually add icing sugar, whisking until smooth and combined.
I did my decorating over a couple nights as I had to work around bubba and my job. Ideally I would have liked to have done it all the night before, but I have found that these cookies have a pretty good life (if they even last the day!)
Happy Baking! 😊
