Woman's Day
Ingredients
Icing
Method
1.Preheat oven to slow, 150°C. Line 2 oven trays with baking paper.
2.In a large bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and icing sugar together until pale and creamy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Lightly fold in flour to form a soft dough.
3.Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and shape into 2 discs. Wrap in plastic wrap; chill 15 minutes.
4.Roll each disc out between 2 sheets baking paper until about 4mm thick.
5.Using an 8 cm egg-shaped cutter (or an egg ring bent into shape), cut out biscuits. Cut each shape in half, in a zigzag pattern.
6.Arrange biscuits on trays 1cm apart. Bake 12-15 minutes. Allow to cool on trays 5 minutes, before transferring to wire rack to cool completely.
7.To make icing, sift icing sugar into a large bowl. Add butter and water, stirring to form a spreadable consistency. Divide into 3 bowls and tint with food colouring. Transfer icing to separate snap-lock bags.
8.Pipe icing around outline of biscuits to create a border. Flood with remaining icing to fill. Pipe on patterns, such as dots or stripes, using other coloured icing. Allow to set.
