Love Biscuits

Every day this week, my little girl has gone to school with a love biscuit in her lunch box. We made them together and they have proved very popular in our house; I think they will certainly all be gone by the time Valentines Day arrives on Saturday! 

This recipe for biscuits is one I've used for years. It's easy - making it perfect for getting the children to help - and seems to work every time, making yummy biscuits which aren't too sweet. A version of this recipe is one of the recipes that I've included in "My Baking Bag", which will soon be available in my Etsy shop. 

Ingredients

125g unsalted butter

125g caster sugar

1 egg

250g plain flour

1/4 teaspoon ground ginger

1/4 teaspoon cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

Method

In a bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until soft and fluffy.

Sift in the flour and spices and gently mix in with a metal spoon.

Bring the mixture together with your hands, and knead until it forms a dough.

Wrap the mixture tightly in Clling Film and put in the fridge for half an hour.

Heat the oven to 180c.

Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper

Flour a clean and dry surface and roll out the dough to a thickness of approximately 0.5cm.

Using biscuit cutters, cut hearts from the dough.

Place the biscuits on the lined baking tray, leaving a little bit of distance between each biscuit.

Bake for 15 minutes, until golden brown. 

When the biscuits have cooled, you can decorate with icing, or dust the top with sieved icing sugar. For the biscuits pictured here, I cut the heart shape out of cardboard, placed over the biscuit and dusted with icing sugar for extra yumminess! 

HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!