Name: Night owl biscuits
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 24
Ingredients: 125 gram butter, chopped; 1/2 cup caster sugar; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2 1/2 cup sifted self-raising flour; 115 gram packet mini oreo biscuits; 340 gram packet mini mandm's; Royal icing; 1 egg white; 1 1/2 cup pure icing sugar, sifted; blue and orange food colouring

Ingredients

125 gram butter, chopped

1/2 cup caster sugar

2 eggs, lightly beaten

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 1/2 cup sifted self-raising flour

115 gram packet mini oreo biscuits

340 gram packet mini mandm's

Royal icing

1 egg white

1 1/2 cup pure icing sugar, sifted

blue and orange food colouring

Method

1.In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar together until pale and creamy. Add eggs one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla, then fold in flour until well combined.

2.Turn mixture out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead gently until smooth. Press dough into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill 30 minutes.

3.Preheat oven to moderate, 180°C (160°C fan forced). Line 2 oven trays with baking paper.

4.Roll dough out between 2 sheets baking paper until 3mm thick. Using a 6cm bell-shaped cutter, cut shapes from dough. Transfer to trays. Chill 15 minutes.

5.Bake 15-20 minutes, until golden. Cool on tray 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

6.To make royal icing, place egg white in a bowl. Gradually whisk in icing sugar until smooth. Spoon 1/4 cup into a small bowl. Tint with a few drops blue colouring. Tint remaining orange. Transfer to separate piping bags (or small snap-lock bags).

7.Invert biscuits. Using orange icing. pipe a thin border around edge of biscuits. Pipe in centre to fill. Use blue icing to pipe on wings as shown.

8.Twist Oreos in half. Position biscuits for eyes. Press a brown MandM into centre of each for pupils. Press a yellow MandM underneath eyes for a beak. Allow to set at room temperature.

If you can’t find a bell-shaped cutter, make a bell template from heavy card, place on dough and cut around it. MAKES 24
Note

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