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)
Looks scrummy
Thanks for the ideas. My kids would love to make these!
Make sure you have plenty of eating sweets I think is the key.
Thanks for the comments :O) x
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.
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
Thank you
They look super fab, think I will get little man to decorate the cakes instead of me doing it 🙂 xxx
This really made me smile 🙂 Thanks for linking up, now following back!
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.
Cute idea! Bet daddy loved them 🙂 Thanks for sharing at Happy Family Times x
Oh this are so cute! What a lovely Father’s Day idea!
These look great my kids would love making these,thanks for linking up to Creative Mondays 🙂
SUPER cute!!! And perfect for Father’s Day! We should have made some.
Thank you for sharing on Kids Get Crafty!
Maggy & Alissa
Hard to beat a good baking session with the kids, mine are inclined to sneak too much dough as they go!
those look yummy following from the weekend hop
http://mommaof3-littlebits.blogspot.com/2012/06/trudeaus-stress-less-kitchen-toolsi.html
Fantastic idea and the result is just beautiful. Super Cute,
So cute!! I love them! Thank you for sharing at Sharing Saturday!!
Such a cute idea!
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.
Love steps #12 & #14! My husband would love this recipe – he is a butter cookie fan 🙂 What a fun post!
Really cute!!! I featured you on my Kid’s Co-op post today!
Oh thank you very much 🙂
This is a cute idea! Thanks for linking to the party!
Malory
http://snips-and-spice.blogspot.com.
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
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
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!
Popping over from the Parenting Pin-it Party – have pinned this and followed you, I’m http://pinterest.com/loveallblogs ! x
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.
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
Thank you very much x
These are seriously cute 🙂