Christmas Tree Biscuits

Ingredients

• 150 g butter, softened
• 225 g brown sugar
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 350 g plain flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 4 teaspoons mixed spice, ground

Recipe

• 1 combine the butter and sugar.
• 2 slowly add the eggs and beat until the mixture is smooth.
• 3 stir in the flour, baking powder and spice and mix thoroughly.
• 4 cover and chill for about 1 hour minimum.
• 5 preheat oven to 180 c / 350 f / gas 4.
• 6 carefully roll out the mixture on a floured surface and using christmas biscuit cutters, cut out various shapes.
• 7 using a skewer, make holes at the top of the shape to thread ribbons through.
• 8 place on greased baking sheets and bake for about 10 minutes.
• 9 cool on a wire rack.
• 10 when cool, thread with christmas ribbons, decorate with icing and hang on your christmas tree.