Name: Honeybread biscuits
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 1 h 12 min
Yield: Makes a good few depending on cutter size (we made 22 with a 6cm bee cutter)
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 300g plain flour; 100g diced butter; 1 tbsp mixed spice; 2 tsp ground ginger; 100g light soft brown sugar; 1 large egg; 100g clear honey

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Honeybread biscuits

Sarah Cook

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Makes a good few depending on cutter size (we made 22 with a 6cm bee cutter)

Easy

Prep: 1 hr

Cook: 10 mins - 12 mins

in batches

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Serve these decorative cookies alongside fruit and cream desserts, or package in cellophane and include in a gift hamper

Freezable (before decorating)

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Ingredients

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300g plain flour
100g diced butter
1 tbsp mixed spice
2 tsp ground ginger
100g light soft brown sugar
1 large egg
100g clear honey

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Method

step 1

Put flour, butter, mixed spice, ginger, sugar, egg and honey in a food processor. Whizz to a smooth dough.
step 2

Roll out on a lightly flour-dusted surface to £1 coin thickness, then stamp out shapes. Bake on trays at 200C/180C fan/ gas 6 for 10-12 mins until crisp and golden brown.
step 3

After baking, brush the wings with a little runny icing, then dip into granulated or caster sugar to coat. Add stripes with small writing icing pens - you can buy packs in the supermarket with both black and yellow tubes.

RECIPE TIPS

BEE-SHAPED CUTTERS

Buy bee-shaped cutters from cakescookiesandcraftsshop.co.uk or amazon.co.uk.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2013

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