I've been really getting my daughter involved in my baking, but we've mainly been sticking to tried and tested recipes, like the banana loaf and various sponges and buns. I homed in on the 'Baking for Children' section of the book to see what else we could tackle, and, because I was given a bumper tub of cookie cutters one Christmas, decided that these biscuits would be good fun.
Baker's verdict: easy recipe but faffy to roll out and cut because the dough was so sticky. Not great for young children to work with, so best to just let them loose at the decorating stage. Also a little flavourless, so I'd add some extra vanilla extract, or another flavour like almond or lemon.
It was Halloween, so instead of 'animal' biscuits, we did witches, pumpkins, cats and ghosts, and used the rather unappetising black and orange food colouring to decorate.
The biscuit dough was easy to make but very wet and need quite a bit of flour on the worktop to roll it in. I found that the dough stuck and was hard to lift off the surface once the shapes had been cut out, so it was quite frustrating and made the participation of a little person quite challenging. Again, they were a little over-baked, but I've made these since and keep a closer eye on them.
We had fun decorating them, but I need to get used to the required consistency of the icing, as it was a bit tricky for my daughter to work with. In the end, I iced and she sprinkled!
Baker's verdict: easy recipe but faffy to roll out and cut because the dough was so sticky. Not great for young children to work with, so best to just let them loose at the decorating stage. Also a little flavourless, so I'd add some extra vanilla extract, or another flavour like almond or lemon.
Husband rating: he's had these biscuits recently and prefers them un-iced.
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