Christmas Window Biscuits Recipe

How to make it

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• Preheat the oven to 180°C / Gas Mark 4 / Fan 160°C
• Line 2 baking sheets with greaseproof paper
• Put the butter and sugar into a large mixing bowl and whisk together until pale and fluffy
• Sift the flour into the mixture
• Add the milk
• Use your hands to mix everything together until you have a ball of dough
• Sprinkle a clean work surface with flour and place the dough in the centre
• Lightly flour your rolling pin and roll the dough out until it's about 6mm thick
• Cut out your biscuits using large Christmas shaped cutters or a knife (ask an adult for help)
• Transfer each biscuit to the baking sheet, leaving plenty of space between each one
• Next carefully cut out the shapes for the window, using smaller cutters or a knife
• Place a boiled sweet into each window - if they are large sweets you can break them up by bashing them once or twice with a rolling pin whilst they are still in their wrappers
• Using a fat straw cut out a small hole for the ribbon
• Bake in the oven for 12 - 15 minutes or until they are a light golden brown and the sweets have melted
• Leave the biscuits to cool completely on the baking sheets as the sweets are very hot and need to set. When completely cool transfer to a wire rack
• Thread ribbon through each hole and they are ready to decorate your Christmas tree