Hopefully these might make you smile on those first dreaded days of being back at school, early starts, homework.......or maybe you are thrilled to see your friends again!
Preparation time: 20min
Cooking time:15min
Makes 20
for the biscuits
100g butter, softened
100g caster sugar
1 egg
275g plain flour
to decorate
200g icing sugar
750g soft white or fondant icing
hundreds and thousands
edible writing icing pens
Place the softened butter in a bowl, add the sugar and beat with a wooden spoon until pale and creamy. Break the egg into a cup and whisk with a fork. Gradually add the beaten egg to the butter and sugar mixture, stirring all the time. Add the flour and then using hands bring the mixture to make a ball.
Roll the dough out out on a lightly floured work surface to the thickness of a £1 coin. Using cutters stamp out rounds and place on greased baking sheets. Gather up the trimmings and roll out to make more biscuits. . Bake the biscuits at 200°C for 10-12min or until golden brown. Leave to cool for a couple of mins then transfer onto a wire cooling rack.
For the icing, sift the icing sugar into a large bowl, add about 2-3tsp hot water to the icing sugar to make a spreadable icing.
Roll the fondant icing out on a lightly floured work surface and cut out 20 circles with the biscuit cutter, spread each biscuit with a little runny icing then cover with a circle of fondant, pressing down lightly. Then cover the edge of the biscuits with a little of the runny icing and then dip the edge in the hundreds and thousands. Leave to set for 30min before decorating with the edible writing pens.