AUTUMN LEAF BISCUIT RECIPE

I am not the biggest fan of Halloween. So I decided to try something less scary and more pretty to bake and enjoy with the family.

I wanted to make something seasonal and thought that after seeing all the gorgeous colours of the fallen leaves in the park, that it would be nice to recreate something tasty and also autumnal that fitted with this beautiful time of year. 

I found some cute Leaf Biscuit Cutters in The Range and they were perfect for my little idea. If you would like to see how to make these cute little leaf biscuits, I've put the recipe below...

R E C I P E 

Preheat the oven - 180 degrees 

Prep time: 20 mins

Cooking time: 15 mins

Makes: 20 biscuits 

250g PLAIN Flour

110g Butter

65g Sugar

1 Tsp Vanilla Extract

1 Tsp Bicarbonate of Soda

2 Tsp of Ground Ginger 

2 Tbsp of Golden Syrup

Renshaw Ruby Red Ready to Roll Icing

Renshaw Pastel Yellow Ready to Roll Icing

Edible Gold Glitter (optional)

 Jam - any flavour(to attach the icing)

T O O L S

Greaseproof Baking Paper

Rolling Pin 

Leaf Biscuit Cutters

M E T H O D

Turn on the oven. Line baking trays with greaseproof paper.

Mix flour, sugar and butter together until breadcrumb consistency. 

Add in vanilla extract, bicarbonate of soda, ginger & golden syrup.

Mix into a dough.

** TIP** if the mixture is too dry add a teaspoon of water. 

Once all mixed together, scoop the mixture out of the bowl and get ready to roll...

**TIP** I used GREASEPROOF paper to roll out the dough instead of putting FLOUR on the kitchen side, it worked really well , there was a lot less mess and the dough didn't stick which, lets face it, is what we all want!

Roll out to around 0.5cm thick. Use the Leaf Biscuit Cutters to cut out the biscuits.

Place on to baking tray & put into oven. 

Once golden brown, leave to cool.

I C I N G  

Cut off a third of the red icing and third of the yellow icing and roll them in to a ball in your hands to form the marble effect. 

Once happy with the patterns, roll out the icing (I used the greaseproof paper instead of flour so it didn't dry out the icing) to around 0.25cm thick and then started using the Leaf Cutter to cut the icing out.

Put a thin layer of jam on the under side of the icing leaf to attach it to the biscuit and leave to set. 

To add some shimmer to the biscuits, lightly spray with edible glitter dust. 

 

And there you have it. A nice and easy little baking project for Autumn. It's great for children too, my 3 year old daughter loved helping cut out all the leaf shapes and rolling out the mixture. 

I would love to know if you make the biscuits yourself, so please leave a comment if you try and tag me on Instagram in your pictures.

Have you made any seasonal bakes this autumn? I would love to get some more ideas :) 

Thank you so much for reading! 

xxx