Ginger Bunny Biscuits

Makes : 14-16

Preparation Time: 30 minutes plus cooling time

Cooking Time: 12-15 minutes

Ginger Bunny Biscuits

Ingredients

  • 50g unsalted butter, softened
  • 50g caster sugar, plus extra for dusting
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 125g plain flour, sifted
  • tsp ground ginger
  • 1-2 tbsp full fat milk

For the decoration

  • Ready-made tubes of coloured piping icing, Dr Oetker chocolate strands, hundreds & thousands, chocolate gold pearls and sugar butterflies

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan/Gas Mark 4. Line a baking tray with baking parchment.

  2. Place the butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat together either with a metal spoon or with an electric hand held whisk until light and fluffy. Add the egg yolk and beat again. Using a metal spoon stir in the flour and ginger. Gradually add the milk (you may not need all the milk) and using your hands bring together to make a soft dough.

  3. Roll the dough between two pieces of cling film to about ½ cm thick. Use 8cm rabbit biscuit cutters to cut the dough into rabbit shapes. Re-roll any unused dough to make more rabbits.

  4. Place on the baking tray and lightly dust with sugar. Bake for 12-15 minutes. Remove from the oven and cool completely on a cooling rack.

  5. To decorate, use the piping icing to make ears, eyes, mouths and whiskers, feet and buttons and decorate with chocolate strands, hundreds & thousands, gold pearls and sugar butterflies.