Say Happy Valentines with Austrian Butter Biscuits – Iced with Love

Showing someone you love them shouldn’t cost the earth, so why not make a batch of these lovely little biscuits and get creative with your icing and sprinkles.  

These are made using a recipe given to me at Christmas by my friend Maya, for full easy, cheap recipe please click the link and adapt the recipe by using lots of heart cookie cutters instead and dashings of red icing! Fun to make with little ones too…

Inspired by Austria – Maya’s Butter Biscuits

Happy Valentines

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Easy Oaty, (with a little bit of dark chocolate), and Dried Apple Cookies

My daughter came home from school today feeling tired, a bit run down and in need of some comfort and asked ‘Mummy can you make me some cookies’, I raided the cupboards and these were the results – yummy! 

Makes: 10 -15 Cookies

Prep: 10mins
Cook: 10mins

Ingredients: 75g of flour, 75g of oats, 50g of caster sugar, 40g of dried apple rings, (broken into pieces), 25g of dark chocolate, 1 tsp. of baking powder, (broken into small pieces), 75g low fat spread or vegan substitute, 1 tbsp. of agave syrup, 2 tbsp. of milk or vegan substitute.

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180′ degrees
2. Mix all of the dry ingredients together
3. Melt the wet ingredients
4. Add the wet ingredients to the dry ingredients and mix well, until all combined
5. Make 10 – 15 dollops on a lined baking tray, making sure you leave plenty of space in between each cookie
6. Cook for 10mins
7. Allow to cool
8. ENJOY!

Inspired by Austria – Maya’s Christmas Butter Biscuits

This recipe is the best I have used for making butter biscuits! Lovely to make with children too.  Can be hung on the tree if you make a hole in the top before baking and thread a string through once cooled, fun to decorate in anyway you like but I opted for a simple icing sugar and water glaze with lots of sprinkles. 

Makes: 35 – 40 Biscuits

Prep: 10 mins (plus resting time overnight or at least one hour in the fridge)
Cook: 10 mins

Ingredients: 500g flour, 250g butter, 200g sugar, 2 eggs, 1 teaspoon of baking powder

Method:

1. Mix all the dried ingredients together well
2. Then add in your eggs and make into a dough, (it should come together really easily with no need to add any liquid)
3. Make into a large ball, cover and pop into the fridge overnight or for at least an hour, ( I found that leaving this in the fridge overnight really helped)
4. Pre-heat your oven to 150c
5. Roll out the dough to about 1/2 centimetre thick and start cutting out your shapes, I used a combination of different cutters which looks really pretty
6. Pop onto a lined baking tray and bake in the oven for 10minutes until golden, leave in for a few more minutes if needed
7. Allow to cool
8. Ice with your chosen icing, decorate and enjoy
9. Have fun!

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Thanks x