Christmas Bauble Cookies

30 mins, Cook 40 mins Makes 20, Prep 1 hour

chopped 250g cold unsalted butter, ½ cup pure icing sugar ½ tsp vanilla bean paste 1 egg, at room temperature 3 cups plain flour ½ tsp baking powder

TO DECORATE white icing 600g packet ready-to-roll 2 tblsps liquid glucose green liquid food Art paint brush, red and decorate colouring and ribbon, to

and line 1 Grease three oven trays with baking paper. paste in a food 2 Place butter, sugar and down side processor. Process, scraping Add egg. Process of bowl until combined. and baking until combined. Add flour down side of powder. Pulse, scraping forms. bowl once, until a soft dough Knead until 3 Turn on floured bench. into discs. smooth. Divide in half. Shape two sheets 4 Roll out each disc between ½cm thick. of baking paper to about cutter, cut out Using an 8½cm round re-rolling 10 rounds from each disc, 2cm apart dough until it is used. Place on prepared oven trays. of a chopstick, 5 Using the broad end each round, press a hole in the top of 1cm from the edge. slow 6 Cook two trays in a moderately to 20 minutes, oven (160C) for about 15 from oven. or until light golden. Remove Repeat with Cool on trays completely. remaining tray. on a clean 7 To decorate, knead icing out between bench until smooth. Roll until 3mm two sheets of baking paper runny. thick. Heat glucose until at a time, 8 Working with one biscuit Using brush top lightly with glucose. a round of same round cutter, cut out biscuit. Make icing. Lift and press onto same chopstick. a hole in fondant using onto fondant 9 Paint designs and names colouring. using paint brush and food until Stand at room temperature is firm. colouring is dry and icing