Melody Teh
Food & Wine

Strawberry star biscuits

If you’re on the lookout for a delicious baking project with your grandchildren this Christmas you can’t do better than these delicious, strawberry star biscuits. Just don’t eat them all yourself!

Makes: 22 biscuits

Ingredients:

Method:

  1. Preheat your oven to 180°C.
  2. Prepare three baking trays by lining with baking paper.
  3. Using an electric mixer, beat butter, sugar and vanilla together until pale and creamy.
  4. Add egg to the mixture and beat until combined.
  5. Sift flour over the butter mixture and using a wooden spoon, stir to combine.
  6. Roll your biscuit dough out between tow sheets over baking paper until 4mm thick.
  7. Using a 7cm star-shaped cutter, cut stars from the dough.
  8. Place your stars on the tray, re-roll remaining dough and repeat. Refrigerate until firm.
  9. Using a 3.5cm star-shaped cutter, cut small stars from centre of half the stars.
  10. Bake for 10 minutes or until light golden.
  11. Stand on trays for five minutes then transfer onto a wire rack to cool.
  12. Spread large stars with jam, then sandwich with cut-out stars.

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recipe, food & wine, biscuits, snack