Cinnamon and Honey Christmas Tree Shapes
These are fun to make, so get the children involved and decorate with icing and your favourite sweets.
Recipe - Ballaghaderreen - Duffy's
Cinnamon and Honey Christmas Tree Shapes
Prep Time10 Minutes
Servings30
Cook Time14 Minutes
Ingredients
0 tsp Baking Powder
1 - Fresh Egg
0 tsp Ground Cinnamon
300 g Plain Flour
200 g SuperValu Butter
100 ml SuperValu Honey
100 g SuperValu Icing Sugar
2 - Fresh Egg
400 g SuperValu Icing Sugar
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas Mark 3.
- Place the icing sugar and butter in a large bowl and beat using an electric mixer.
- Gradually add the honey as you are beating the mixture, and beat until pale and creamy.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and cinnamon into a separate bowl and add the egg yolk.
- Stir in the butter mixture to create a dough.
- Remove the dough from the bowl and form into a ball on a lightly floured surface.
- Wrap in clingfilm and place in the fridge for at least 20 minutes.
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Roll the dough on a lightly-floured surface until it is 5mm in thickness and cut the shapes using a cookie cutter.
- Place them on the parchment-lined baking tray and bake for 12–14 minutes until lightly golden.
- Remove and allow to cool.
- Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
- Lightly beat the egg whites, and gradually add the icing sugar until a smooth paste has formed.
- Ice the biscuits with the icing paste either by spreading it onto the biscuits with a spoon or by using a small piping bag.
- Decorate with sweets of your choice.
10 minutes
Prep Time
14 minutes
Cook Time
30
Servings
Shop Ingredients
Makes 30 servings
Dr. Oetker Baking Powder (170 g)
€2.05€12.06/kg
SuperValu Free Range Large Eggs (6 Piece)
€2.25€0.38 each
Schwartz Spices Cinnamon Sticks (13 g)
€3.05€234.62/kg
SuperValu Plain Flour (2 kg)
€2.55€1.28/kg
SuperValu Irish Creamery Butter (454 g)
€3.59€7.91/kg
SuperValu Squeezy Honey (340 g)
€1.27€3.74/kg
SuperValu Icing Sugar (500 g)
€0.95€1.90/kg
SuperValu Free Range Large Eggs (6 Piece)
€2.25€0.38 each
SuperValu Icing Sugar (500 g)
€0.95€1.90/kg
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 160°C/325°F/Gas Mark 3.
- Place the icing sugar and butter in a large bowl and beat using an electric mixer.
- Gradually add the honey as you are beating the mixture, and beat until pale and creamy.
- Sift the flour, baking powder and cinnamon into a separate bowl and add the egg yolk.
- Stir in the butter mixture to create a dough.
- Remove the dough from the bowl and form into a ball on a lightly floured surface.
- Wrap in clingfilm and place in the fridge for at least 20 minutes.
- Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Roll the dough on a lightly-floured surface until it is 5mm in thickness and cut the shapes using a cookie cutter.
- Place them on the parchment-lined baking tray and bake for 12–14 minutes until lightly golden.
- Remove and allow to cool.
- Transfer to a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
- Lightly beat the egg whites, and gradually add the icing sugar until a smooth paste has formed.
- Ice the biscuits with the icing paste either by spreading it onto the biscuits with a spoon or by using a small piping bag.
- Decorate with sweets of your choice.