Recipes
Star biscuit tree
These melt-in-the-mouth golden stars can be stacked and sprinkled with icing sugar to make a snowy festive centrepiece.
These melt-in-the-mouth golden stars can be stacked and sprinkled with icing sugar to make a snowy festive centrepiece.
Cook: 45 Mins
Serves: 8
Price: £1.51 per serving
Nutritional Information
Each 68g serving contains
Energy
842kj
296kcal
842kj
296kcal
15%
Fat
11.4g
11.4g
Med
16%
16%
Saturates
6.9g
6.9g
High
35%
35%
Sugars
19.6g
19.6g
High
22%
22%
Salt
0.03g
0.03g
Low
1%
1%
of your reference intake.
Typical energy values per 100g:
1238kj/296kcal
Typical energy values per 100g:
1238kj/296kcal
Ingredients
1 tsp ground Ginger
100g Unsalted Butter, room temperature
70g Caster Sugar
2 tbsp Asda Gingerbread Flavoured Honey
1 medium Egg, beaten
250g Plain Flour, plus extra for dusting
50g Icing Sugar, sifted, plus extra for dusting
Method
1
Preheat the oven to 190°C/170°C fan/gas 5. Line two large baking trays with non-stick baking paper.
2
Beat the butter, sugar and honey together along with a pinch of salt in a large mixing bowl with an electric whisk for 3-4 mins, or by hand for 6-8 mins until light and fluffy. Add the egg and beat again until combined. Tip in the flour and stir until a firm dough forms.
3
Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to 0.5cm thick. Use a variety of sizes of star cookie cutters to cut out approx 37 biscuits. (9 x 12cm stars, 9 x 8cm stars, 9 x 4cm stars and 10 x 3cm tiny stars). Reroll the dough and dust more flour as you cut the stars out.
4
Place on the baking trays, spacing the biscuits roughly 2cm apart. You will have to do a couple of batches. Bake for 6-8 mins until lightly golden. Leave to cool on the tray for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
5
Meanwhile, make a simple icing by whisking the icing sugar in a bowl with ½ tbsp water until smooth. If you are giving the biscuits as a gift, keep them in an airtight container (they will keep for 2-3 days).
6
When ready to assemble the tree, spoon ¼ tsp icing on the base of a serving board or plate and place one of the large stars on top to stick, spooning another ¼ tsp of icing in the middle of the biscuit. Continue to layer up the biscuits, turning each one when layering so that they are at different points. Continue with the remaining large star biscuits before using the remaining star biscuits in decreasing size. Reserving 1 small star biscuit, dip the base vertically in the icing and place on the top of the tree, holding it in place for 30 seconds to allow it to set.
7
Dust the tree with icing sugar and serve.