Magical Sparkling Snowflakes: Christmas Butter Biscuits-Cookies Recipe

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Magical Sparkling Snowflakes: Christmas Butter Biscuits-Cookies
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Directions:

  1. Place flour and the icing sugar in a food processor. Process for 30 seconds. Add butter. Process until mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add egg and vanilla. Process until dough comes together. If it is too dry, add some milk.
  2. Transfer to a lightly floured surface. Knead dough until smooth. Press or roll into a 9 /20cm circle. Wrap in greaseproof paper. Refrigerate for 1 hour or until firm.
  3. Preheat oven to 180C/360F, and line 2 flat baking/cookie trays with baking paper. Roll out dough between 2 sheets of baking paper until about 1/4 /5mm thick.
  4. Using snowflake biscuit/cookie cutters, cut shapes out of dough. Place on them gently on to the trays. Press leftover dough together and repeat cutting out shapes. Refrigerate for 30 minutes or until firm.
  5. Bake the cookies/biscuits for 10 minutes, swapping trays after 5 minutes, or until light golden in colour. Allow to cool on trays completely.
  6. Pipe trellis-work patterns following the snowflake shapes, or drizzle glace icing over the top; then dust them with edible glitter/edible silver dusting powder whilst the icing is still wet.
  7. Dust with remaining sugar or edible glitter/silver dust just before serving.
  8. Note for making holes for hanging on the Christmas Tree: Just before baking, take a plastic drinking straw and press into the top of the snowflake shapes - to make a small hole - then gently wiggle the straw around a bit to widen the hole, and bake as before. On taking them out of the oven, if the holes have closed up a bit, gently wiggle around again with a plastic drinking straw, to make the holes bigger! Excuse the language, I don't know how else to put it! LOL!
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 557.08 Kcal (2332 kJ)
Calories from fat 222.17 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 24.69g 38%
Cholesterol 63.56mg 21%
Sodium 933.13mg 39%
Potassium 130.13mg 3%
Total Carbs 76.41g 25%
Sugars 7.76g 31%
Dietary Fiber 4.73g 19%
Protein 8.1g 16%
Vitamin A 0.2mg 6%
Iron 3.7mg 20%
Calcium 131.7mg 13%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 433.78 Kcal (1816 kJ)
Calories from fat 172.99 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 19.22g 38%
Cholesterol 49.49mg 21%
Sodium 726.6mg 39%
Potassium 101.33mg 3%
Total Carbs 59.5g 25%
Sugars 6.04g 31%
Dietary Fiber 3.68g 19%
Protein 6.31g 16%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 6%
Iron 2.9mg 20%
Calcium 102.5mg 13%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 12.4
    Points
  • 15
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • good source of fiber

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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