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Stained Glass Biscuits

Ingredients ~

175g plain flour, plus extra
100g butter, cold-cut into chunks
50g powdered sugar
2 tbsp milk
12 fruit-flavoured boiled sweets
Thin ribbon, to decorate
Butter paper

Method ~

1. Heat oven to 160*C. Cover 2 large baking trays with butter paper.
2. Rub the butter into the flour till it resembles bread crumbs.
3. Mix in the sugar and milk, then turn out and knead briefly on a floured surface until smooth.
4. Wrap in cling film and chill for about 30 minutes.
5. Sprinkle flour on the work surface and roll out the dough.
6. Use 7cm cookie cutters to cut out shapes, then use 4cm cookie cutters to cut out the middles. Make a hole in the top of each biscuit, then carefully lift onto the baking tray. Re-roll leftover pieces of dough to make more biscuits.
7. Crush the different coloured sweets in different Ziploc bags with a rolling pin.
8. Put the crushed candy pieces in the middle of the biscuits. The sweets should be level with the top of the dough.
9. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the biscuits are light brown and the sweets in the middle have melted.
10. Leave to harden, then gently remove the butter paper.
11. Thread with ribbon in the holes on top of the cookies.