Orange & Ginger Stained Glass Biscuits
This recipe will guide you through creating beautiful stained glass window biscuits. The delicate orange zest and ground ginger flavors perfectly complement the sweet surprise within each cookie. Enjoy the process of crafting these festive treats; they make a lovely addition to any cookie collection.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- sunflower oil , for greasing
- 175g plain flour , plus extra
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- zest 1 orange
- 100g butter , cold, cut into chunks
- 50g golden caster sugar
- 1 tbsp milk
- 12 fruit-flavoured boiled sweets
- icing sugar , to dust
- about 120cm thin ribbon , to decorate
Instructions
- Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Grease 2 large non-stick baking sheets with oil. Whizz the flour, ginger, zest and butter with 1⁄2 tsp salt to fine crumbs in a food processor. Pulse in the sugar and milk, then turn out and knead briefly on a floured surface until smooth. Wrap then chill for about 30 mins.
- Flour the work surface again, then roll out the dough to the thickness of a £1 coin. Use 7cm cutters to cut out shapes, then use 4cm cutters to cut out the middles. Re-roll leftover pieces. Make a hole in the top of each biscuit, then carefully lift onto the baking sheets.
- Crush the sweets in their wrappers with a rolling pin, then put the pieces into the middles of the biscuits – the sweets should be level with the top of the dough. Bake for 15-20 mins or until the biscuits are golden brown and the middles have melted.
- Leave to harden, then transfer to a rack to cool. Thread with ribbon, then dust with icing sugar. Will keep for a month, but best eaten within 3 days.
Cook Time
20M
Prep Time
PT15M
Yield
Makes 14
Nutrition
- Calories: 160 calories
- Fat Content: 8 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 5 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 23 grams carbohydrates
- Sugar Content: 10 grams sugar
- Fiber Content: 1 grams fiber
- Protein Content: 2 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 0.14 milligram of sodium
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