This is an easy and delicious recipe to make any cut-out biscuits with, whether it is for a birthday party and you want hearts, cats or dinosaurs, or whether you need a tea-time biscuit decorated with edible flowers.
240g butter
360g caster sugar
2 eggs
10ml vanilla extract
440g cake flour
70g cocoa powder, sieved
5ml baking powder
5ml bicarbonate of soda
2,5ml salt
Add the butter and sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment.
Beat until light and fluffy.
Add the eggs and vanilla and mix at high speed for 1 minute.
Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, bicarbonate of soda and salt into a separate mixing bowl.
Now add a spoonful of this mixture with the engine running on low speed until all of the dry ingredients have been incorporated.
Scoop the biscuit dough into a plastic bag and put into the refrigerator for at least an hour to firm up.
Preheat your oven to 180℃.
Line a baking sheet with baking paper or a silicone baking mat.
Lightly dust a work surface with cake flour and roll the dough to a thickness of between 3 and 5mm.
Cut the biscuits with a biscuit cutter and place onto the baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven for 7 minutes.
Remove the baking sheet from the oven and allow the biscuits to cool on the sheet for 5 minutes so that they may firm up.
Cool the biscuits completely on a cooling rack before decorating.
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