Party bag biscuits

Basic biscuit recipe, the Little Chefs can do it with their eyes closed, and with funky decorations they can serve as a home made alternative to the usual party bag fillers. The recipe comes from my Little Chef's grandma, and the party bag idea from another Little Chef's mum: team effort. 

For about 40 small biscuits

Ingredients:

110 g butter, softened

110 g caster sugar

1 egg

220 g plain flour

250 g icing sugar

water

chocolate chips, sprinkles, 100s and 1000s

Method:

- preheat the oven to 190'C/fan 170'C and line two baking trays with baking paper

- cream the butter with the sugar, then add the egg and mix thoroughly

- stir in the flour till you get a soft ball of dough

- chill in the fridge for at least an hour

- roll the pastry out thin onto a floured surface

- cut shapes with biscuit cutters and place on the baking tray

- bake for 8-10 minutes till golden (watch them closely, they're done very quickly and then brown easily)

- while the biscuits are in the oven, prepare the icing: pour the icing sugar in a bowl and add water one spoon at a time

- stir the icing after each spoonful of water and stop when you get a thick but spreadable consistency

- when the biscuits are done, allow them to cool (very quick), spread a bit of icing on them and get decorating

*The bold text in the recipe shows the steps that the Little Chefs did (with supervision).*