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Bunting Biscuits
Bunting biscuits double up as both a delicious ‘street treat’ and great-looking table decorations in Great British red, white and blue.
Printable version A4 | A5 | Index card
Makes 12
Ingredients
- 175g plain flour
- 100g butter
- 2 tbsp milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 50g caster sugar
- 24 mints
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Instructions
- Whizz the flour and butter together until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Add the milk, vanilla extract and sugar. Form into a ball then wrap in clingfilm and chill in the fridge for 45 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 160oC/140oC fan/Gas 2. Roll out the dough between baking parchment until 0.3cm thick.
- Cut the dough into 12 triangles measuring 11 x 11 x 8cm, then cut a small triangle from the middle, leaving a 1cm border (children might need help; a template is also useful here). Make holes in the top 2 corners of the biscuits, then place the frames on a baking tray.
- Put two mints in the middle of each frame. Drop blue food colouring onto the mints in 4 of the biscuits, and red colouring on another 4. Bake for 12 minutes until golden and the sweets have melted. Swirl the mint centre halfway through for an even colour.
- Remove the biscuits from the oven. Leave to cool then get the kids to thread with coloured ribbon or string.