Preparation Time
45 mins
Serves
10 cookies
Ingredients
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225g plain flour
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¼ tsp salt
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1 tsp baking powder
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1 ½ tsp ground ginger
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½ tsp mixed spice
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1 egg yolk, lightly beaten
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50g unsalted butter
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100g dark brown soft sugar
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100g golden syrup
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1 tbsp milk
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Icing
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150g icing sugar
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1 tbsp water
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Decoration
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Edible Glitter
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Edible mini pearls
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Sugar Snowflakes
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Yoghurt covered pretzels
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Mix together the flour, salt, baking powder, ginger and mixed spice. Heat the butter, brown sugar and golden syrup in a small pan, stirring frequently until dissolved, then allow to cool for five minutes. Stir the syrup mixture, egg yolk and milk into the dry ingredients and form into a ball of dough. Cover with plastic film and chill for 30 minutes.
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Preheat the oven to 180 C / 350F/ Gas Mark 4. Roll out the dough on a lightly floured work surface until about 5 mm / ¼ in thick. Cut into angel shapes. Bake the biscuits for about 12 minutes or until golden. Allow them to cool on the baking tray for 5 minutes and then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
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To prepare the icing. Mix the icing sugar and water together to make a smooth paste.
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Spoon the icing onto the body of the angels.
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Stick on the yoghurt coated pretzels to make the wings.
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Sprinkle with the edible glitter and decorate with edible pearls and sugar snowflakes.
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