How To Make Melted Snowman Biscuits

These Melted Snowman Biscuits are such fun and the PERFECT accompaniment to a delicious cup of hot chocolate. They’re easy to make and decorate with your children, so this can be a wonderful family-together activity too. This recipe makes 16 biscuits – but I doubt they’ll last very long! And don’t forget that biscuits freeze really well if you don’t want to make 16 melted snowmen!

Ingredients:

60g unsalted butter
60g caster sugar
1 small egg, beaten
¼ tsp vanilla extract
125g plain flour
Icing sugar

Water

Marshmallows

Jelly worms of various colours

Mini chocolate buttons

Edible ink pens, or icing pens

Method:

To make the biscuits …

1. Preheat the oven to 180 °C (Fan 160 °C) or Gas mark 4.
2. Lightly grease a large baking sheet.
3. Beat the butter and sugar together in a large bowl until the mixture is pale and creamy.
4. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract.
5. Sift in the flour and mix to a form a dough.
6. Shape the dough into a ball, flatten it slightly, wrap it in cling film and chill it in the fridge for about 40 minutes.
7. On a lightly-floured flat surface, roll out the dough to a thickness of about three millimetres. Using a 6 centimetre, or cm, round cookie cutter, stamp out 16 circles and place on the baking sheet. Chill for 30 minutes.
8. Bake the biscuits for about 12 minutes, or until they’re crisp and pale golden.
9. Leave on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool.

Create your melted snowmen …

1. Sift the icing sugar into a bowl.
2. Add enough water to make a spreadable consistency.
3. Spoon a dollop of icing on each biscuit and gently spread it to make the snowman’s melted body.
4. Cut 16 small triangles from an orange worm to make carrot noses. Stick onto the middle of each marshmallow head using some icing.
5. Using the edible ink, draw eyes and mouths onto the marshmallows.
6. Stick one marshmallow head onto each body.
7. Wrap a worm round each head for a scarf.
8. Stick colourful chocolate buttons on for the buttons.
9. Using the edible ink, draw arms and hands on the body.

And then gobble them all up or spend hours admiring your handywork!

Perfect for the whole family to enjoy …

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