Updated post.
I wanted to re-share this post as I know lots of you made these Christmas tree spiced biscuits when I first posted ours yonks ago.
Quick, and super fun to make, bake and then decorate your tree in one full swoop, you guys must try them.
These are gluten and dairy free. Since first posting I’m now vegan and Oliver can’t eat eggs so I need to develop an egg free, vegan recipe.
My Dad, Oliver and I made them together 3 years ago now. I remember it was hard not to eat them all before Peter photographed them!
The second batch were scoffed too (what are we like?!) but the third batch made it as Peter and I baked them while the kids slept!
It’s wonderful to look back on these pictures as the kids were so young!
Word of warning, using gluten free flour even with Xanthan gum added for binding, still resulted in biscuits with slight crack marks, so we iced this batch to hide that fact and also because they looked more festive that way.
They’re still sturdy and won’t break, they’re just not perfectly smooth!
Edible, optional decorations are Waitrose’s own.
Ingredients:
Serves 24
- 300g gluten free plain white flour (we like Doves Farm) and a little for dusting
- 250g dairy dairy free vegetable spread
- 2 free range medium sized eggs, beaten
- 3 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 180g unrefined golden icing
- 2 tbsp water
- Optional edible decorations and festive ribbon
Method:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees °C/ gas mark 4
Rub the flour and vegetable spread with your fingertips to resemble breadcrumbs or use a food processor. Add the eggs to the mixture and the cinammon. Whisk to create a mix.
Cover with cling film and leave in the fridge for 30 minutes.
Once firm, remove the dough.
Spread a large sheet of baking parchment over the work surface and turn the dough onto it. Dust with flour and then using a rolling pin, roll to a thickness of 0.5cm. Cut shapes with a cookie-cutter of stars, bows and snowflakes or use a sharp knife.
Create a large hole for hanging (we used the end of a straw), make it bigger than you think it should be as the hole shrinks when baking.
Lightly grease with a little spread a baking sheet and lift the shapes onto it and bake for 10 minutes until golden brown.
Remove from the oven and cool.
Mix the icing sugar and water and spread over the cool biscuits. Sprinkle edible decorations over. Leave to set.
Thread with festive ribbon or string and hang on your tree or eat.
Let me know if you make them and have yourselves a Merry Christmas! x
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We didn’t make any biscuits this year – part of my reducing what we do to stop the stress levels – these do look very good though!
Thanks, you need to work out what will work for you over the busy period! This took three goes to make it on the blog! x
Yummm these look delicious and love that they’re gluten free too! So funny that the first two batches were scoffed before you could snap them 🙂 Have a super Christmas lovely lady xx
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Hehe, I know we couldn’t help ourselves! Have wonderful Christmas darling, lots of love xx
The biscuits look really good on the tree! I love the way you decorated them, too. Have a nice, relaxing Christmas, hun xx
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Thanks darling, just seen this as been offline, it was wonderful. Hope yours was too xx
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What a clever idea that you can hang them on the tree. Happy Christmas
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Sweet aren’t they! Thanks for your comment x
Oh these looks fantastic! Perfect for the tree! Have a wonderful Christmas x
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Thanks Donna and you guys too x
These look so adorable, Vicki. Thanks for hosting today’s party. See you on 2015. 😉 Have a lovely week.
Thanks so much, happy holidays too!
These sound great, I’ll have to try them. Thanks for the tip about xanthan gum and it causing cracking. Have a lovely Christmas x
Kirsty Hijacked By Twins recently posted…Minute Steak in Peppercorn Sauce
Thanks Kirsty, yes bit annoying they crack slightly but the icing covers them up really well! Hope you love them, we had so much fun making them and they taste delicious xx
Lovely photos as ever. What a great family thing to do
Megan – Truly Madly Kids recently posted…Chocolate Bark – the easiest home made chocolate gift
Thanks, it was so much fun, especially with the kids the first two times round! Husband and I made the last batch while they slept so we could shoot them!
These biscuits are so pretty and it looks like you had great fun making them
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We did thanks Alison!
Love the photos of the boys, mine would never stay still long enough!
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Aw they love baking, thanks for your comment!