I don’t care much about fancy gifts for Mother’s Day. I really, really look forward to the cute handmade gifts that my children have made me at school or church. It is so sweet – especially when they run into their bedrooms after school to hide their special presents from me until the big day! This year I got lovely pasta necklaces, a collage, a masterpiece on a canvas, some delicious homemade biscuits and more.
These are really yummy. I decided to sandwich them together with homemade raspberry jam – yum! We left some plain with only icing and no jam too. We wanted them bite-sized so used the little measuring cup that you get with kids panadol as the cutter. It was the perfect size, especially for the kids.
250g butter
1 cup icing sugar
1 egg
1 tsp vanilla essence
1 cup SR flour
2 cups plain flour
Cream the butter and icing sugar together.
Add the egg and vanilla and beat well.
Add the flours and mix until a firm dough forms.
Roll out to 5mm thick (I like to do this between two sheets of baking paper).
Cut into shapes using cookie cutters.
Place on baking paper-lined trays and bake in 180 degree celsius oven until lightly golden.
When cool, ice with icing and sprinkles.
Sandwich together with raspberry jam, if desired.
