Easter Biscuit Making

Easter Biscuit Making is in full swing in my house. I love creating delicious bakes which are easy to make and always have the wow factor.

This Easter weekend has been so much fun. I’ve spent time with my family, done a lot of crafty things and had a good session of baking.

In December I had a biscuit decorating lesson with Mel from Hercule’s Cakehouse (www.herculescakehouse.co.uk) and I’ve trying to find time to practice what I learned. On Saturday morning I was up early got lots of biscuits in the oven so I could spent the afternoon decorating them. Here is what I made on my Easter Biscuit Making Day.

If you follow me on pinterest you’ve probably seen these already and I’m so happy to show them off as I am really proud of my results. They looked good and were tasty!

Easter Biscuit Making

First up were the Happy Easter biscuits. I’ve been meaning to use the alphabet stamps for ages and I finally tried and the results were gorgeous. I’m annoyed I spent so long not using them!

Happy Easter letter stamp biscuits

Making the gorgeous dough. I love cutting out biscuit shapes!

basic vanilla biscuit recipe

I wanted to make little bird biscuits to hang up  on the Easter branch we have but I sort of forgot to add the holes. Never mind they were lovely without having to be hung up. My piping skills need to be improved a little.

Easter Biscuit Making little bir biscuits

These are the biscuits I’m most proud of. Little birds on a little grassy nest. I can’t believe how gorgeous these are and everyone loved them!

Easter bird biscuits

Easter birds and Happy Easter biscuits.

Happy Easter bicsuits and 3D bird biscuits

Yin and Yang Easter bird biscuits.
I hadn’t noticed they fit together like that until I was putting them away to tidy up.

Easter Biscuit Making

To go with these I also made some little Easter eggs too. I had an absolutely lovely afternoon decorating and I’m glad I remembered so many of the great tips I learned from Hercule’s Cakehouse.

cute biscuits

Basic Vanilla Biscuits

Sisley White
This recipe is the simple vanilla biscuit recipe I use for all my biscuits. It also works really well with embossed rolling pins.
5 from 7 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Chill time 30 minutes
Total Time 1 hour
Course Bakes, Biscuits, Sweet Treats
Cuisine British, English
Servings 40 small to medium biscuits
Calories 93 kcal

Ingredients
 

  • 200 g unsalted butter
  • 200 g caster sugar
  • 1 medium egg
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
  • 400 g plain flour / all purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger

Instructions
 

  • Cream the butter and sugar together.
  • Mix in the egg and vanilla (with the optional and ginger).
  • Sieve in the flour and combine into a a dough. Once the dough has pulled together wrap it in cling film and pop it in for 30 minutes.
  • Roll out the dough to just shy of a 1cm thickness.
  • Cut out the shapes you want and pop the pieces on a greaseproof paper lined baking tray.
  • Pop the dough back into the fridge for 30 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 180 degrees/160 degrees fan oven.
  • Pop the biscuits in the oven for 8-10 minutes until the dough is firm to the touch and just starting to go light brown.
  • You don’t want them going golden brown or they will dry too hard. You can see how pale the finished biscuits are above.
  • Leave to cool on a cooling rack and once cold store in an air tight container.

Notes

Add ginger to give them a bit more of a fiery warmth. Use 1 teaspoon if you really like ginger. You can adapt to your taste.
Store for up to 3-5 days in an air tight container.

Nutrition

Calories: 93kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 1gFat: 4gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 2mgPotassium: 14mgFiber: 1gSugar: 5gVitamin A: 131IUCalcium: 3mgIron: 1mg

Please note that the nutrition information provided above is approximate and meant as a guideline only.

Keyword Basic Vanilla Easter Biscuit, Easter biscuit making
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