How to Make Perfect Iced Biscuits

Iced Biscuits.

You can cook Iced Biscuits using 10 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Iced Biscuits

1. You need of ingredients.
2. It's 100 of g/3½oz of Butter.
3. It's 100 of g/3½oz of Caster Sugar.
4. It's 1 of Medium Egg.
5. Prepare 275 of g/10oz of Plain Flour.
6. Prepare 1 tsp of Vanilla Extract(optional).
7. Prepare of decorating.
8. It's 400 of g/14oz of Icing Sugar.
9. Prepare 3-4 tbsp of Water.
10. It's 2-3 drops of Food Colouring(optional).

Iced Biscuits instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. Line the baking tray with greaseproof paper..
2. Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until mixed well..
3. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract(optional) until well mixed well..
4. Add the flour until the mixture comes together as a dough..
5. Roll the dough out on a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of 1cm..
6. Using your biscuit cutters(or a mug/cup) cut biscuits out of the dough and carefully place onto the baking tray..
7. Bake for 8-10 minutes(mine went in for 16minutes) or until pale golden-brown. Set aside to harden for 5 minutes, then cool on a wire rack..
8. For the icing, sift the icing sugar into a large mixing bowl and stir in enough water to create a smooth mixture(mine was thick). Stir in the food colouring if you're adding any..
9. Carefully spread the icing onto the biscuits using a knife or spoon and set aside until the icing hardens. Then enjoy..