Fiz Ahern: April 2014

Hi,
So Easter is just around the corner and i wanted to make something special for the occasion.But i didn't want to be predictable with the traditional chocolate egg or bunny or hot cross buns etc.

So i went for Easter hunt cookies.

Ingrediants

Equipment

Sugar cookie dough:
Ingredients:
245g Plain flour
1/4 tsp salt
114g Butter
100g granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 tsp vanilla
1 whole lemon

Method:

Cream the sugar and butter together until fluffy.
Then add the lemon zest,egg and vanilla extract and whisk.
Then add the flour and salt and mix until a dough is formed.
Then place dough in clingfilm then into the fridge for 1 hour or overnight.
Once out of the fridge,take your dough and leave to rest for 5 minutes.Flour your surface and roll out the dough to about 1/4 inch.Turning ever so often to avoid sticking.
Cut out shapes that are anything you would like and place on a slightly greased baking sheet.
Then place whole tray in fridge or freezer for 5 minutes.Then place in a oven at gas mark 6/180 fan/200 electric for 8 -10 minutes or until slightly browned.
Leave to completely cool.And repeat with any left over dough until all used.

Now you can choose to eat like this or carry on and make the icing.

Ingredients:

1 egg white
1 tsp lemon juice
165g icing sugar

Method:

Mix the egg white and lemon juice together.
Add icing sugar a little at a time until an icing of the correct consistency is formed,it should be spreadable.
Once made separate into bowls depending on how many different colours you want and dye with food colouring, i used gel food colour as you can control it more.
Now place a little mixture in a piping bag and pipe outlines on all cookies and leave to set.Then flood the cookies with colour and leave to set.
Then get some icing pens and draw some little details on.