Name: Women’s Weekly Vintage Edition: Funny faces
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 52 min
Ingredients: Funny faces; 60 gram butter; 1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence; 1/4 cup (40 g) icing sugar mmixture; 1 egg, separated; 1/2 cup (75 g) plain flour; 1/2 cup (75 g) self-raising flour; 2 teaspoon milk, approximately; assorted sweets

Women’s Weekly Vintage Edition: Funny faces

Too cute! Get the kids involved with these simple biscuits and let them decorate away to their hearts content. Definitely a wet weather winner!

Makes 20

Prep

40M

Cook

12M

Total

52M

Ingredients

Funny faces

60 gram butter

1/2 teaspoon vanilla essence

1/4 cup (40 g) icing sugar mmixture

1 egg, separated

1/2 cup (75 g) plain flour

1/2 cup (75 g) self-raising flour

2 teaspoon milk, approximately

assorted sweets

Method

Funny faces

1.Beat butter, essence, icing sugar and egg yolk in small bowl with electric mixer until smooth. Stir in sifted flours and enough milk to mix to a soft dough. Knead gently on lightly floured surface until smooth; cover and refrigerate for about 20 minutes.

2.Roll dough between sheets of baking paper until 3 mm thick. Cut into 6 cm rounds and place about 3 cm apart on greased oven trays.

3.Decorate with assorted sweets and pastry scraps using lightly beaten egg white to attach decorations.

4.Bake in moderate oven for about 12 minutes or until lightly browned. Cool on trays.

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