75 g Butter
75 g Caster sugar
1 Egg
1 Orange's grated rind
225 g Self-raising flour
2 1/2 ml Ground mixed spice
50 g Currants
40 ml Milk
50 g Cadbury's Bournville
-chocolate
1 lg Pack Cadbury's milk
-chocolate Buttons
ALSO YOU WILL REQUIRE:
Rabbit-shaped biscuit cutter
2 Baking trays; greased
Paint brush
Cream the butter and sugar together until pale and soft, then beat
in the egg and orange rind. Sift in the flour and mixed spice,
then mix in the currants. Mix well to make a pliable dough, knead
quickly then roll out on a lightly floured surface to just under
1cm (1/4 inch) thick. Cut out shapes with the cutter, rolling the
dough trimmings again in between. Arrange the biscuits on the
prepared trays and bake carefully in a moderate oven (180 C /
350 F / Gas Mark 4) for 10 minutes only.
Brush the biscuits with milk, then return them to the oven for a
further 10 minutes until crisp and nicely coloured. Be careful
that the edges are not too brown. Lift off and cool.
Melt the chocolate in a small bowl. With the paint brush, brush
all the ears, then the paws of the bunny biscuits with chocolate.
Dab a little on the tails and stick on a Button.
Cook's tip: To get a particularly shiny, golden finish, add an egg
yolk to the milk when brushing over the biscuits.
NOTES: Making these novelty biscuits will be a fun Easter holiday
activity for the younger members of the family.
