How to Bake Modern Watercolour Tree Biscuits

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Bake these modern biscuits and let your creative side shine with abstract edible paint mark making! A super fun bake, which is easy to follow along with our step-by-step instructions.

This unique take on a classic Christmas treat will wow guests and also make a great gift! Select a traditional colour scheme or choose bright colours for more of an impact.

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Ingredients

* 200g/8oz softened butter

* 150g/6oz caster sugar

* 2 egg yolks

* 400g/14oz plain flour

* 1 level tsp mixed spice

* 1 level tsp ground cinnamon

* Grated zest of 1 orange

* 2-4 tbsp milk

To Decorate

* White Ready to Roll Icing

* Gold Edible Powder

* Edible Glue

* Gel Food Colouring - Various Colours

* Vodka (To Mix with Food Colouring)

Equipment

* Mixing Bowl

* Whisk

* Sieve

* Baking Tray

* Greaseproof Paper

* Rolling Pin

* Cooling Rack

* Mixing Plate

* Paintbrushes

* Unused Toothbrush

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180°C/350°F/Gas 4 and line 2 baking trays with greaseproof paper.

Put the butter and sugar into a bowl and beat together until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg yolk. Sieve in the flour and spices, add the orange zest and add in enough milk to make a fairly soft dough.

Roll out the dough approximately 5mm thick on a floured surface and cut out tree shapes with the cutter.

Bake for 15 minutes or until the biscuits are a pale-golden brown. Transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely.

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Step 2

Roll out the white icing approximately 3mm thick on a surface dusted with icing sugar. Cut out the same number of tree shapes as you have of biscuits. Paint the back of each icing tree with a little cooled boiled water or edible glue and affix to the tree biscuits. Leave the icing to dry for a couple of hours.

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Step 3

Decorate your biscuits with a variety of different gel food colours. Squeeze a little of each gel colour on a large plate and use a clear alcohol such as vodka to dilute the colour to make a washy paint like a watercolour.

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Step 4

Use a wide, flat brush to add brushstrokes of colour to your biscuits or experiment with different sized brushes.

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Step 5

A clean, new toothbrush is great for flicking colour onto your painted designs – drag your finger or thumb over the bristles for a fine speckled effect.

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Step 6

Mix gold lustre powder with a little vodka to make a paint and use a small paintbrush to flick the colour onto the icing for golden highlights.

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Step 7

Your watercolour biscuits are now finished!

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