{"id":20807,"date":"2015-12-04T10:20:38","date_gmt":"2015-12-04T09:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/?p=20807"},"modified":"2016-12-26T19:32:52","modified_gmt":"2016-12-26T18:32:52","slug":"christmas-biscuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/christmas-biscuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Biscuits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is such a wonderful magical time of year and I really love to embrace it. But it can also be really full on and busy, so sometimes I like to find my boys something to do that occupies their time in a Christmassy fashion that requires no supervision. I had seen an image on the internet somewhere of some biscuits that simply utilised the colours red, green and white. From this I was completely inspired for my boys to decorate their own Christmas biscuits. This is also good for fine motor skills development.<a href=\"http:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/biscuit-decorating.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-rich-teas.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20809\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-rich-teas.jpg?resize=800%2C566\" alt=\"Christmas Biscuits\" width=\"800\" height=\"566\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-rich-teas.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-rich-teas.jpg?resize=300%2C212&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-rich-teas.jpg?resize=768%2C543&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Christmas Biscuits Ingredients<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Biscuits &#8211; you can make your own if you wish, but I just grabbed a couple of packets of Morrisons Rich Tea.<\/li>\n<li>Frosting &#8211; or something to secure the topping to the biscuit (chocolate would also work very well).<\/li>\n<li>Topping in Christmas colours (I opted for M&amp;Ms, which Morrisons happened to have on offer.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20811\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/morrisons-christmas-biscuits.jpg?resize=800%2C678\" alt=\"Christmas Biscuits\" width=\"800\" height=\"678\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/morrisons-christmas-biscuits.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/morrisons-christmas-biscuits.jpg?resize=300%2C254&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/morrisons-christmas-biscuits.jpg?resize=768%2C651&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Method for Making Christmas Biscuits<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sort the toppings out so you have your required colours.<\/li>\n<li>Spread the frosting on the top of the biscuit.<\/li>\n<li>Add the topping for your patter.<\/li>\n<li>Eat.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20808\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/biscuit-decorating.jpg?resize=800%2C800\" alt=\"Christmas Biscuits\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/biscuit-decorating.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/biscuit-decorating.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/biscuit-decorating.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/biscuit-decorating.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Things to Consider when letting children make Christmas Biscuits Unsupervised<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Consider how well they will share. I let them have the same topping but a spoon each for the frosting.<\/li>\n<li>Provide much more than they can possibly need. Unless your children are super good, then chances are they will eat as they go along.<\/li>\n<li>Praise their efforts equally.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-20810\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-tree-biscuit.jpg?resize=800%2C800\" alt=\"Christmas Biscuits\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-tree-biscuit.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-tree-biscuit.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-tree-biscuit.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-tree-biscuit.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas is such a wonderful magical time of year and I really love to embrace it. But it can also be really full on and busy, so sometimes I like to find my boys something to do that occupies their time in a Christmassy fashion that requires no supervision. I had seen an image on &#8230; <a title=\"Christmas Biscuits\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/2015\/12\/04\/christmas-biscuits\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Christmas Biscuits\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20809,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3257],"tags":[3576],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-rich-teas.jpg?fit=800%2C566&ssl=1","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-rich-teas.jpg?fit=800%2C566&ssl=1",800,566,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-rich-teas.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-rich-teas.jpg?fit=300%2C212&ssl=1",300,212,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-rich-teas.jpg?fit=768%2C543&ssl=1",768,543,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-rich-teas.jpg?fit=800%2C566&ssl=1",800,566,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-rich-teas.jpg?fit=800%2C566&ssl=1",800,566,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/christmas-rich-teas.jpg?fit=800%2C566&ssl=1",800,566,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"pinkoddy","author_link":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/author\/pinkoddy\/"},"uagb_comment_info":4,"uagb_excerpt":"Christmas is such a wonderful magical time of year and I really love to embrace it. 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