Love Bug Biscuits
These adorable Love Bug Biscuits are a delightful treat for Valentine's Day or any special occasion. The buttery vanilla-flavored biscuits are topped with vibrant red fondant icing, creating a charming love bug design. The sweet little bugs are further decorated with black icing details and edible pearly balls, adding a touch of whimsy to these delicious treats. Perfect for sharing with loved ones or as thoughtful gifts, these Love Bug Biscuits are sure to bring smiles to everyone's face.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 175g plain flour
- 100g chilled butter , cubed
- 85g icing sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 egg yolk
- 500g ready-to-roll fondant icing
- red food colouring
- 100g icing sugar
- black food colouring
- edible pearly ball decorations
- 8cm heart-shaped cutter
- 6cm heart-shaped cutter
Instructions
- Put the flour, butter, sugar, vanilla and egg yolk in a food processor. Dribble in 1 tbsp water and blitz until the mixture comes together to form a dough. Tip onto a work surface and knead briefly to bring together, then wrap in cling film and chill for 20 mins.
- Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Roll out the dough to the thickness of a £1 coin. Use your 8cm heart cutter to stamp out heart shapes – you’ll have to re-roll the trimmings to make 20 biscuits. Put the hearts on 2 baking trays and bake for 12 mins, swapping the trays over halfway through, until pale golden and crisp. Leave to cool on a wire rack.
- Dye your lump of icing with red food colouring and wrap in cling film until ready to roll. Mix the icing sugar with enough water to make a thick icing. Dye the icing with the black food colouring. Pour the icing into a piping bag with a small plain nozzle attached (or use a small sandwich bag and snip off the corner). Roll out the red icing to 3mm thick and use your 6cm cutter to stamp out hearts. Stick onto the biscuits with a little of the black icing.
- Use the black icing to give your love bug a head at the pointy end, draw a line down the centre to give it wings, then add spots. Stick 2 pearly balls onto each love bug’s head, then leave to set on a wire rack. You can pack your love bugs into boxes or cellophane bags to give as gifts for Valentine’s Day.
Cook Time
12M
Prep Time
PT30M
Yield
Makes 20
Nutrition
- Calories: 166 calories
- Fat Content: 5 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 3 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 29 grams carbohydrates
- Sugar Content: 22 grams sugar
- Protein Content: 1 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 0.1 milligram of sodium
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