Sarah & Duck Cookies

Sarah & Duck Cookies

INGREDIENTS

For the cookies:

• 125g unsalted butter, softened
• 125g caster sugar
• pink, purple or yellow paste food colouring
• 1 medium egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 250g plain flour
• ½ teaspoon baking powder
• pinch of salt

For the decoration:

• small amounts of green, orange, white, black, beige, pale pink and pink fondant
• icing sugar
• black edible paint

METHOD (Makes 12)

1. Whisk together the flour and baking powder and set aside. In a separate bowl, beat the butter and sugar until pale and fluffy. Add the food colouring. Add the egg and vanilla and beat again. Add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix into a soft dough. Wrap in clingfilm and chill in the fridge for 30 minutes.
2. Preheat the oven to 180°C / 160°C fan / gas mark 4 and line two baking trays with baking parchment. Roll out the dough to 5mm thick, cut out 7cm circles and transfer to the lined baking trays. Bake for 10 minutes or until firm but still pale. Set aside to cool.
3. For the decoration, cut out shapes for Sarah’s face in pale pink and Duck’s body in beige. Mix together a small amount of icing sugar and water and use this to stick the shapes onto the cookies. Cut out the details using the photo as a guide and stick these on with a little more of the icing. Finish by painting on the pupils, Sarah’s smile and the outline of Sarah’s hat with black edible paint.

Recipe by April Cartel