Preperation time: 10 minutes

Cooking time: 14 minues (plus time for icing)

Servces: 20 biscuits

Ingredients:

Biscuits

100g butter

1 cup of caster sugar

2 happy eggs

2 cups of plain flour

Zest & juice of 1 orange

1 tsp cinnamon

1 tsp mace

1 tsp nutmeg

Icing

250g icing sugar

120g butter

1-2 tbsp milk

Food colouring to suit

Method:

Biscuits

Halloween Biscuits

Halloween Biscuits

  • Mix the butter and sugar together until they form a creamy paste. Continue mixing and add the flour, happy eggs, zest & juice, flour and spices

Mat's top tip: If it's too dry, add a little warm water.

  • Roll the mixture into 1 inch diameter balls. Place on a greased baking tray, with at least 1 inch space around them. Press the tops gently with a fork to flatten them slightly.
  • Place in a preheated oven at 180°C/350°F/Gas Mark 4 for 12-14 minutes.
  • The biscuits are ready when they have just started to brown around the edges. Leave to cool on a baking tray.

Icing

  • Mix the butter and icing sugar together in a bowl, adding the milk as needed to make a smooth paste

Mat's top tip: It's much easier if you warm the butter first.

  • To make the spider's web pattern on your biscuits, first, spread uncoloured icing over the biscuit.
  • Then, with a piping bag or an icing pen, draw concentric circles with the coloured icing.
  • Quickly, while the icing is still wet, use a toothpick to drag a line from the centre of the circles to the outside edge, every 30° or so. Hey presto! A Spiders web!

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