Name: Bunny biscuits
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 35 min
Ingredients: 125 gram unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature; 3/4 cup brown sugar; 1 egg, lightly beaten; 1 cup plain flour; 1/2 cup self-raising flour; 1/4 cup custard powder; 1/4 cup desiccated coconut; 2 teaspoon vanilla extract; pashmak fairy floss, for tails; Icing; 1 cup icing sugar, sifted; 2 tablespoon milk; 1 tablespoon butter, melted; few drops pink food colouring

Ingredients

125 gram unsalted butter, chopped, at room temperature

3/4 cup brown sugar

1 egg, lightly beaten

1 cup plain flour

1/2 cup self-raising flour

1/4 cup custard powder

1/4 cup desiccated coconut

2 teaspoon vanilla extract

pashmak fairy floss, for tails

Icing

1 cup icing sugar, sifted

2 tablespoon milk

1 tablespoon butter, melted

few drops pink food colouring

Method

1.In a small bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until creamy. Beat in egg well. Sift flours and custard powder together. Fold through creamed mixture with coconut and vanilla to form a dough. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead lightly until smooth.

2.Roll out dough between two sheets of baking paper until 4mm thick. Chill 30 minutes.

3.Preheat oven to 180ºC. Line two oven trays with baking paper.

4.Use a bunny cutter to cut biscuits from dough. Arrange on trays. Bake 12-15 minutes. Cool on trays 5 minutes then transfer to wire racks.

5.To make icing, in a bowl, combine all ingredients until smooth. Spread over cooled biscuits. Top each biscuit with a ball of fairy floss for a tail.

Pashmak is available from specialty food shops.
Note

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