RUDOLPH SHORTBREAD RECIPE | BBC GOOD FOOD
These simple shortbread triangles are a great edible gift for kids to make over Christmas - decorate with coloured sweets and wrap up with pipe cleaner 'reindeer' antlers
Provided by Sarah Cook
Categories Afternoon tea, Dessert, Snack, Treat
Total Time 1 hours
Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Yield Makes 8 big biscuits
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Put the butter, vanilla and sugar in a big mixing bowl and stir together with a wooden spoon until really smooth. Stir in the ground rice first, then the flour. If it starts to get dry, you might need to use your hands to squish everything together to make a smooth dough.
- Put a piece of baking parchment on a baking sheet. Make the dough into a round ball in the middle of the parchment, then use your hands to push it down and flatten it. Get a rolling pin and dust it with some flour so it doesn’t stick to the dough. Use the rolling pin to roll the dough out to a big circle.
- Get your 22-23cm round plate, cake tin or cardboard template and place on top of the dough when you’ve rolled it big enough. Use a cutlery knife to trim round the edges to make a neat circle. Use the offcuts to make smaller biscuits or freeze the dough for another time.
- Use a knife to mark the giant biscuit into 8 smaller wedge-shaped biscuits – pretend you are cutting a pizza into slices but don't actually cut it. Prick lines from the edge to the centre of the dough. Use the back of a fork to press all around the top of the circle along the edge to make a line pattern (it’s going to be hair for your reindeer!)
- Cover with cling film and put the tray in the fridge for 30 mins to get cold. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Cook the chilled shortbread for 25 mins until golden. Cool completely on the tray, then use a sharp knife to follow the lines you made with a fork and cut into 8 wedges.
- Mix the icing sugar with 1-2 tsp of water to make a thickish icing. Dunk each red sweet in and use like glue to stick one on the pointy end of each biscuit to make red noses. Dunk in your white sweets or chocolate buttons and stick them 2cm in from the edge at the other end to be eyes. Use the black writing icing tube to add dots to the white eyes, then let all the icing dry and go hard.
- Carefully wrap each biscuit in a square of cellophane or put in a cellophane bag. Twist the middle of a pipe cleaner in a loop around the top of the bag or gathered cellophane to enclose the biscuit. Now twist each end of the pipe cleaner so it looks like the reindeer’s antlers. Add labels and give to your friends and family, or hang on the tree. Will keep for up to 3 days in a cool, dry place.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 411 calories, FatContent 22 grams fat, SaturatedFatContent 14 grams saturated fat, CarbohydrateContent 49 grams carbohydrates, SugarContent 19 grams sugar, FiberContent 1 grams fiber, ProteinContent 4 grams protein, SodiumContent 0.4 milligram of sodium
CHRISTMAS TREE CAKE RECIPE - BETTYCROCKER.COM
Turn an ordinary rectangular cake into a festive Christmas memory. You’ll find few cakes that are easier to decorate!
Provided by Betty Crocker Kitchens
Total Time 4 hours 20 minutes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Yield 12
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pan). Make and bake cake as directed on box for 13x9-inch pan. Cool 10 minutes. Run knife around sides of pan to loosen cake; remove from pan to cooling rack. Cool completely, about 1 hour. For easier handling, refrigerate or freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes or until firm.
- Using serrated knife, cut rounded top off cake to level surface; place cut side down. From the middle of one short side, make a diagonal cut to each corner on opposite side, making 3 triangular pieces. (See diagram below in Expert Tips.) Make tree shape by arranging 2 outer pieces with straight 13-inch sides together on foil-covered tray; frost top. Place remaining center piece on top.
- Spread a thin layer of frosting over top and sides to seal in crumbs. Refrigerate or freeze cake 30 to 60 minutes to set frosting. Frost entire cake with remaining frosting. Press candy cane pieces in end of tree to make trunk. Sprinkle with colored sugar to look like boughs. Arrange gumdrops on cake to look like lights or ornaments. Store loosely covered.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 480 , CarbohydrateContent 65 g, CholesterolContent 55 mg, FatContent 4 1/2 , FiberContent 0 g, ProteinContent 2 g, SaturatedFatContent 6 g, ServingSize 1 Serving, SodiumContent 330 mg, SugarContent 49 g, TransFatContent 3 1/2 g
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