An Easter Prayer

Vanilla Easter Biscuits

Ingredients:

4 oz / 100 g softened butter
2 oz / 50 g caster sugar
5 oz / 150 g self-raising flour (sieved)
125ml (¼ pint) milk
A few drops vanilla essence
                                                makes about 24

What to do:

• Cream the butter and sugar together very well; then work in the flour and vanilla essence until it forms a ball
• Roll out the dough on a floured work surface to about ¼ in / 5 mm. Cut out the biscuits with Easter shape cutters, a cross, an egg, a rabbit, a flower.
• Put the rounds of dough onto a baking tray and cook in a moderate oven (350oF / 180oC / Gas 4) for about 10 minutes, until the biscuits are pale golden and just firm to the touch.
• Take them out of the oven, cool for a couple of minutes on the baking tray, then with a palette knife carefully lift them onto a wire cooling rack.
• When cold you can ice or decorate the biscuits.

This recipe still works well if you increase the quantities.
The biscuits freeze well.

Junior Outlook is compiled by Katherine Pickthorn