These Scrabble biscuits are a fun addition to any games night. This is a really simple recipe and great to surprise Dad with on Father's Day. The hardest part will be trying to complete the game without eating all the letters!
10 ingredients8 steps
Nut Free
Vegetarian
Method
Step 1
Sieve the flour, baking powder and salt into a bowl and set aside.
Ingredients for this step
200gAllinson's plain white flour
0.5 tspBaking powder
0.5 tspSalt
Step 2
In a large bowl cream the butter and sugar until pale. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract.
Ingredients for this step
90gUnsalted butter (softened)
100gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
1Free range medium egg
1 tspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
Step 3
Add the flour ingredient to the butter mixture and mix until the dough is formed. Wrap the biscuit dough in clingfilm and chill for at least one hour.
Step 4
Preheat the oven to 170°c (150°c fan, gas mark 3) Roll the dough out on a lightly floured surface to about 0.5cm
Step 5
Cut the biscuits to 1 inch squares and transfer to a baking tray. Roll out the trimmings and repeat to make more biscuits.
Step 6
Bake the biscuits for 8-12 minutes until golden. Once baked leave on the baking tray for a couple of minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool before decorating.
Step 7
To decorate roll out and cut squares of white sugar paste icing and stick to each biscuit using boiled apricot jam. Alternatively, you could flood the biscuits with white icing and allow to set before adding the letters and numbers.
Ingredients for this step
100gWhite sugar paste icing
Step 8
Draw on the letters and numbers using an edible pen or alternatively, pipe using black writing icing.
Ingredients for this step
TubeBlack writing icing
Ingredients
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For the Biscuits
90gUnsalted butter (softened)
100gBillington's Unrefined Golden Caster Sugar
1Free range medium egg
1 tspNielsen-Massey Vanilla Extract
200gAllinson's plain white flour
0.5 tspSalt
0.5 tspBaking powder
For the Decoration
100gWhite sugar paste icing
2 tbspApricot Jam
TubeBlack writing icing
Utensils
Sieve
Bowl
Cling film
Rolling pin
Nutritional information per 16g serving
Energy 80cal
Fat 2.9g
of which Saturates 1.7g
Carbohydrates 12g
of which Sugars 7.5g
Protein 0.9g
Salt 0.13g
0 Baker Ratings
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