Candy Cane Cookies

 
Ingredients
100g/4oz plain flour

1/2 level teaspoon bicarbonate of soda

2oz/50g butter (room temperature)

2oz/50g caster sugar

Red and white icing packs

 

Equipment

Sieve

Bowl

Spoon

Saucepan

Rolling Pin

Baking Tray + Cooling Rack

Oven pre-heated to gas mark 5 / 375f / 190c

 

Method
1. First wash your hands.
2. Sieve flour and bicarbonate of soda into bowl. Rub in the butter until it resembles fine breadcrumbs and make a well in the centre.
3. Put the sugar and syrup into a saucepan and heat gently. Once it becomes runny, pour on top of the flour mixture. Be careful as the syrup and sugar mixture will be very hot.
4. Mix this around to form a dough. Put the dough in the fridge for 30 minutes. Once cooled, sprinkle flour on the worktop and roll out the dough mixture. Now use your candy cane cutter to make your biscuits.
5. Place on a grease proofed baking tray and ask an adult to pop them in the oven for about 15 minutes, or until golden brown.
6. Transfer them to a cooling rack. Once cool, you can use the icing packs to decorate your very own candy cane biscuits.

                  Recipe sourced at www.thekidscookingcompany.co.uk