Biscuit baubles recipe

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Recipe facts:
Costs: 7p
Takes: 1 hr to prepare and 15 mins to cook, 30 mins to cool
Serves: 25

Ingredients

1 lemon, zested and juiced
100g (3½oz) butter
100g caster sugar
175g (6oz) plain flour, plus extra for dusting
1 egg yolk
500g pack royal icing sugar
red food colouring
silver balls, to decorate

Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C.

Put the lemon zest, butter, sugar and flour in a food processor and blend to fine crumbs. Add the egg yolk and 1 tbsp lemon juice and blend again for a few seconds. Gather into a ball and chill.

Lightly dust a work surface with flour and roll out the dough to the thickness of a £1 coin. Using a round cutter, cut out circles and place on an oiled baking tray. Bake for 10-12 minutes until just golden at the edges. Leave for 10 minutes before removing from the tray to cool.

Make up the royal icing as directed on the pack. Put half in a separate bowl and add a little more water to give a pouring consistency. Colour as desired and keep in airtight containers until needed.

Put the thicker icing in a piping bag with a small plain nozzle and pipe a border around each biscuit. Put the thinner icing in a piping bag and snip the end, then fill in the biscuit with the icing. Leave to set overnight then decorate with more icing and silver balls.

Source www.tescorealfood.com

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Make Your Own Gingerbread House for Christmas

 The Arabic Food Recipes kitchen (The Home of Delicious Arabic Food Recipes) invites you to try Make Your Own Gingerbread House for Christmas Recipe. Enjoy our collection of Christmas Recipes and  learn how to Make Your Own Gingerbread House for Christmas.

Christmas isn’t Christmas without crackers, candy canes and your very own gingerbread house.

Gingerbread house kits are now readily available but considering how easy (and how much fun) it is to make your own house we suggest you start planning your own edible grand design that will make a wonderful centrepiece over the Christmas season.

This is a great project for kids and adults to work on and you can be as creative as you like. Use the template as your guide (or risk uneven foundations!) but feel free to play around with the trimmings. There is no limit to what can be used as decoration so scour your pantry and the supermarket to come up with quirky, edible decorations which personalise your very own house.

The extra time to allow icing to dry is very important and should not be skipped or else your house may collapse. Your gingerbread house will be edible for one week but will last a lot longer for display purposes. Keep it out of direct sunlight to ensure nothing melts!

For the Gingerbread
250g unsalted butter
200g dark brown sugar
7tbsp golden syrup
600g plain flour
2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 ½ tbsp ground ginger
1 tsp ground cinnamon

To Decorate
200g bag flaked almonds
1 can white ready-made icing
Icing sugar for dusting
Mini chocolate finger biscuits
Chocolate flake or chocolate roll
Selection of coloured sweets such as musk sticks, smarties, jubes, edible silver balls, candy canes

Method
Pre-heat fan oven to 200C. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a pan until mixed and smooth. Mix the flour, bicarbonate of soda, ground ginger and ground cinnamon into a large bowl, then stir in the butter mixture to make a stiff dough. Add a splash of water if it won't quite come together.

Cut out the six pieces of the gingerbread house template provided. Put a sheet of baking paper on your work surface and roll about one quarter of the dough to the thickness of 5mm.

Cut out one section, then slide the gingerbread, still on its baking paper, onto a baking sheet. Repeat with remaining dough, until you have two side walls, a front and back wall and two roof panels.

Pick out the most intact flaked almonds and gently push them into the roof sections, pointy-end first, to look like roof tiles. Bake all the sections for 12 mins or until firm and just a little darker at the edges. Leave to cool for a few mins to firm up, then trim around the templates again to give clean, sharp edges. Leave to cool completely.

You might find it easier to decorate the pieces at this stage while they are flat. If so, use the icing to stick sweets on the side of the house to represent windows, doors and other embellishments. Allow to dry for a few hours.

Gather the front, back and two side pieces of gingerbread and the board/plate you’ll be displaying the house on. Pipe icing generously along the wall edges and carefully join the walls together so that the four pieces are sitting on your board/plate. Use extra icing to secure in place. Use a jar to support the walls from the inside and allow to dry for at least a few hours but ideally overnight. This is essential to ensure the house is strong enough to support the roof pieces.

Remove the jar and affix the two roof panels with icing. You’ll need to hold these in place initially to keep them secure until the icing starts to dry. Allow to dry completely, again ideally overnight. Any gaps left where the pieces don’t quite fit can be filled in with extra icing. Now it’s time to decorate!

Cut the chocolate flake or chocolate roll on an angle and affix to the roof with icing to make the chimney. The mini chocolate finger biscuits can be used along the side of the house and the door. Pipe a little icing on top to represent snow. Sift icing sugar onto the roof of the house and even the whole board for a snowy finish.

DECORATING TIPS
- For a thatched roof look use mini wheat cereal
- Pretzels can be used along the facade of the house to create a log cabin feel
- Decorate upturned ice cream cones as trees with icing and green sweets, topped with a star
- Use lollies and sweets to create a winding path from the front door of your house
- Personalise your gingerbread house with the street number of your real house and add gingerbread figures to represent the people who live inside

Source www.lifestylefood.com.au
 
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Abby's cookies in a jar

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"We loved this clever Christmas gift idea from Taste.com.au member Babylee so much, we gave her a KitchenAid!"

Preparation Time
10 minutes

Cooking Time
15 minutes

Makes
24

Equipment
You'll need a 1L glass jar with a lid

Ingredients

Jar ingredients
3/4 cup (110g) plain flour
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup (75g) firmly packed brown sugar
1/3 cup (75g) caster sugar
3/4 cup (65g) rolled oats
100g craisins (dried cranberries), see variation
130g white chocolate chips
Extra ingredients for making cookies
125g butter, melted and cooled
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Method

Sift flour, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a bowl. Spoon the flour mixture into a 1L (4-cup) capacity glass jar. Top with brown sugar, then caster sugar. Top with oats, then craisins, then chocolate chips. Seal jar. Give as gift.

To make cookies, preheat oven to 190ËšC. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Empty jar into a large bowl. Add butter, egg and vanilla. Stir until well combined. Shape tablespoons of mixture into balls and place on baking trays approximately 5cm apart. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes, swapping trays halfway during cooking, or until edges are lightly browned. Turn biscuits onto a wire rack to cool. Serve.

Notes

For double choc chip biscuits, substitute craisins for dark or milk chocolate chips. Download and print out the gift tag, complete with cooking instructions here

Source
Taste.com.au - December 2009
Recipe by Abby Rudakov, Taste.com.au member

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Christmas wreath cookies recipe

The Arabic Food Recipes kitchen (The Home of Delicious Arabic Food Recipes) invites you to try Christmas wreath cookies Recipe. Enjoy our collection of Christmas Recipes and  learn how to make Christmas wreath cookies.   

Share the love at Christmas with beautiful hand-made baked goodies as gifts.

Makes
20

Ingredients

250g butter, softened
2/3 cup pure icing sugar
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 1/2 cups plain flour
1/2 cup custard powder
Christmas sprinkles, to decorate
Lemon glaze
1 cup pure icing sugar, sifted
2 tablespoons lemon juice

Method

Preheat oven to 160°C/140°C fan-forced. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper. Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Sift flour and custard powder over butter mixture. Stir with a wooden spoon until a soft dough forms. Set aside for 10 minutes.

Spoon one-quarter dough into a piping bag fitted with a 1.5cm fluted nozzle. Pipe 6cm circles, 3cm apart, on prepared trays. Repeat with remaining dough to make a total 20 wreaths. Bake for 14 to 16 minutes, swapping trays halfway, or until golden. Cool on trays for 10 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

Make glaze Combine icing sugar and lemon juice in a bowl. Place wire rack with biscuits over a baking tray. Drizzle with glaze. Top with sprinkes. Set aside to set.

Notes

The dough for the Christmas wreath cookies will be quite firm when piping.

Source
Super Food Ideas - December 2010, Page 38
Recipe by Katrina Woodman

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Christmas ice-cream terrine recipe

The Arabic Food Recipes kitchen (The Home of Delicious Arabic Food Recipes) invites you to try Christmas ice-cream terrine Recipe. Enjoy our collection of Christmas Recipes and  learn how to make Christmas ice-cream terrine.  

I scream, you scream, we all scream... for ice cream cake of course. Whether you're thinking Christmas dessert or summer treat, this one's for you!

Preparation Time
35 minutes

Cooking Time
55 minutes

Ingredients (serves 12)

1 x 1.5L ctn Streets Blue Ribbon vanilla ice-cream
3 x 100g pkts multicoloured glace cherries, halved
2 x 100g pkts blanched almonds
1 x 2L ctn chocolate ice-cream
325g (1 cup) Blackwood Lane fruit mince
Fresh raspberries, to serve
Icing sugar, to dust

Method

Line bases and sides of two 11cm-deep, 10.5 x 21cm (base measurement) loaf pans with non-stick baking paper, allowing the 2 long sides to overhang. Place the vanilla ice-cream in the fridge for 30 minutes to soften slightly. Transfer to a stainless-steel mixing bowl and fold in the cherries until combined.

Divide the ice-cream mixture among prepared pans and use the back of a spoon to smooth the surface. Tap firmly on the work surface to remove any air bubbles. Cover with foil and place in the freezer for 4-6 hours or until very firm.

Meanwhile, cook the almonds in a small non-stick frying pan over medium heat, tossing, for 3-4 minutes or until toasted. Set aside to cool slightly. Coarsely chop.

Place the chocolate ice-cream in the fridge for 30 minutes to soften slightly. Transfer to a stainless-steel mixing bowl. Fold in the fruit mince and almonds until well combined.

Spoon the chocolate ice-cream mixture over the vanilla ice-cream mixture in the pans and smooth the surface. Tap firmly on the work surface to remove any air bubbles. Cover with foil and place in the freezer for a further 10-12 hours or until very firm.

Remove ice-cream terrines from the freezer and turn onto serving platters. Remove the baking paper and top the terrines with raspberries. Dust with icing sugar and serve immediately.

Notes

You can prepare this recipe to the end of step 5 up to 2 weeks ahead. Continue from step 6, 10 minutes before serving dessert.

Source
Good Taste - December 2005, Page 78
Recipe by Kim Meredith

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Christmas strawberry cupcakes recipe

The Arabic Food Recipes kitchen (The Home of Delicious Arabic Food Recipes) invites you to try Christmas strawberry cupcakes Recipe. Enjoy our collection of Christmas Recipes and  learn how to make Christmas strawberry cupcakes. 

These little cupcakes with bursts of strawberry flavour are perfect gifts for spreading the Christmas cheer.

Makes 12

Ingredients

185g butter, softened
1 tsp strawberry essence
1 cup (215g) caster sugar
3 eggs
1 1/4 cups (190g) plain flour
1/2 cup (75g) self-raising flour
1/3 cup (80ml) milk
3 x 30g packets sultana bursts strawberry flavour
Icing
1 cup (150g) pure icing sugar
1 tbs milk Christmas sprinkles, to decorate

Method

Preheat oven to 180°C (160°C fan-forced). Line twelve 3/4 cup (185ml) texas muffin pans with paper cases.

Use an electric mixer to beat the butter, essence and sugar in large bowl until pale and creamy. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well between each addition until just combined. Stir in combined flours, milk and sultanas in two batches until combined.

Spoon mixture evenly among the paper cases. Bake in preheated oven for 25 to 30 minutes or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cakes comes out clean. Transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

To make the icing, sift icing sugar into medium bowl. Stir in enough milk to make a smooth icing. Drizzle icing over each cake and sprinkle with Christmas sprinkles.

Source
Taste.com.au - November 2010
Recipe by Emma Braz

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Chocolate Christmas trees recipe

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The kids will love helping you decorate and eat these cute chocolate biscuit Christmas trees.

Preparation Time 15 minutes
Cooking Time 15 minutes
Makes 12
Equipment You'll need 12 paddle pop sticks and a tree-shaped cookie cutter.

Ingredients

1 quantity Basic biscuit dough ingredients (see related recipe)
1/3 cup cocoa powder
1 tablespoon milk
200g milk chocolate, melted
100g white chocolate, melted
Mini M&Ms, to decorate

Method

Follow step 1 of Basic biscuit recipe. Follow step 2, adding cocoa and milk with flour. Stir well. Complete steps 2 and 3.

Use a 12cm-long tree-shaped biscuit cutter to cut 12 biscuits from each circle of dough. Place onto trays. Refrigerate for 15 minutes or until firm. Bake for 15 minutes or until firm to touch. Stand for 5 minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Spread milk chocolate over flat side of each biscuit. Press 1 paddle pop stick onto 12 biscuits. Sandwich together with remaining biscuits. Refrigerate until firm.

Spoon white chocolate into a snap-lock bag. Snip off 1 corner. Pipe a zigzag pattern over trees. Decorate with M&Ms. Allow to set. Store in an airtight container.

Source
Super Food Ideas - December 2004, Page 47
Recipe by Dixie Elliott

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