Face Biscuits #Fathers Day
Daddy Biscuits
All you need:
250g softened butter
140g castor sugar
1 egg yolk
vanilla essence
300g plain flour
icing sugar
sweeties (although for a healthy snack these can be substituted with fruit)
Method
1. Mix together the butter and sugar in a large bowl with a wooden spoon
2. Add the egg yolk and vanilla – beating lightly to combine
3. Sift the flour and stir into the mixture until well combined.
4. Lightly flour your counter and rolling pin
5. Roll out the mixture
6. Cut out the circles (good chance to get some maths and speech into the activity here, as you talk about the shape and count how many you can cut out of the mixture).
7. Put on a tray to cook. I use greaseproof paper to stop them sticking and making it easier to wash up. We cooked ours for about 15 minutes at 180 degrees in a fan oven – but really just until they look cooked (taste testing is always good idea once they’ve cooled a little).
8. It is never too soon to teach the importance of washing up as you go along.
9. Allow to cool.
10. Mix your icing sugar and put some sweets in a bowl.
11. Spread the icing sugar over the biscuits with a spoon.
(regular readers will see that our son had his cast off and this is his first activity without it. He is doing well).
12. Decorate with sweets arranged to look like their dad.
13. Allow to set and put away until Fathers’ Day.
14. Allow children to eat leftover sweets :O)
Jun 15, 2012 @ 18:13:05
Looks scrummy
Jun 15, 2012 @ 20:39:06
Thanks for the ideas. My kids would love to make these!
Jun 15, 2012 @ 20:40:30
Make sure you have plenty of eating sweets I think is the key.
Thanks for the comments :O) x
Jun 16, 2012 @ 02:57:49
They look delicious! I think the best gifts are homemade. I am sure they will be appreciated and won’t last long before they are all gobbled up. Thanks for sharing.
Jun 16, 2012 @ 09:35:20
I would love it if you would share this post on the Waste no Want Not Wednesday @ Pretty Shabby UK! I really think my readers will enjoy it!
http://prettyshabbyuk.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/waste-not-want-not-wednesday-2.html
Many Thanks
Dawn @ Pretty Shabby Uk
Jun 16, 2012 @ 09:47:31
Thank you
Jun 16, 2012 @ 11:26:03
They look super fab, think I will get little man to decorate the cakes instead of me doing it 🙂 xxx
Jun 16, 2012 @ 19:42:55
This really made me smile 🙂 Thanks for linking up, now following back!
Jun 18, 2012 @ 23:45:48
Real cool idea! I can just imagine how delicious they were! It is wonderful that you and your family could make these to celebrate this special day. Have a great week.
Jun 19, 2012 @ 08:47:50
Cute idea! Bet daddy loved them 🙂 Thanks for sharing at Happy Family Times x
Jun 19, 2012 @ 09:00:07
Oh this are so cute! What a lovely Father’s Day idea!
Jun 19, 2012 @ 21:47:23
These look great my kids would love making these,thanks for linking up to Creative Mondays 🙂
Jun 20, 2012 @ 08:11:00
SUPER cute!!! And perfect for Father’s Day! We should have made some.
Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy & Alissa
Jun 20, 2012 @ 10:57:42
Hard to beat a good baking session with the kids, mine are inclined to sneak too much dough as they go!
Jun 20, 2012 @ 21:16:24
those look yummy following from the weekend hop
http://mommaof3-littlebits.blogspot.com/2012/06/trudeaus-stress-less-kitchen-toolsi.html
Jun 21, 2012 @ 17:50:15
Fantastic idea and the result is just beautiful. Super Cute,
Jun 22, 2012 @ 02:23:35
So cute!! I love them! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!
Jun 22, 2012 @ 17:29:34
Such a cute idea!
Jun 22, 2012 @ 22:33:35
Great idea we always used to do this with our local Brownies and it always was a hit! Due to not having access to a cooker we used rich tea biscuits as a base.
Jun 28, 2012 @ 03:25:01
Love steps #12 & #14! My husband would love this recipe – he is a butter cookie fan 🙂 What a fun post!
Jun 28, 2012 @ 13:54:11
Really cute!!! I featured you on my Kid’s Co-op post today!
Jun 28, 2012 @ 15:33:03
Oh thank you very much 🙂
Jul 01, 2012 @ 02:48:43
This is a cute idea! Thanks for linking to the party!
Malory
http://snips-and-spice.blogspot.com.
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I just saw this lovely biscuit face in your side bar and had to pop and say hello to it! I think it is wonderful and any daddy would be happy to receive these on Fathers Day x
May 20, 2013 @ 10:46:00
Ant doesn’t much care for Father’s Day because he doesn’t like people to spend money on him so we always make him something using things we already have. This is a great idea and the girls will love making these!
Popping over from Parenting Pin It Party 🙂 xx
May 20, 2013 @ 11:01:00
How sweet (no pun intended!) A great idea, Papapsaurus and I don’t go for the whole celebrating Mothers and Fathers Days with presents so like Michelle this fits in nicely!
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May 20, 2013 @ 13:30:00
That is so lovely! I might just give this a go with the boy. Thanks so much for joining in with the pin it party. Have pinned to our board and my Fathers Day board.
May 28, 2013 @ 14:36:00
Love this! Thank you for sharing it at the Kids CoOp. I’ll be featuring this post as part of my Fathers Day roundup. xo Pauline
May 28, 2013 @ 23:53:58
Thank you very much x
Jun 10, 2013 @ 17:32:00
These are seriously cute 🙂
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