Orange Carrot Shaped Butter Biscuits Recipe

Yummy orange butter biscuits filled with a light orange curd

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Ingredients for butter biscuits;                 Ingredients for filling;    

310g plain flour                                                          75g sugar

125g icing sugar                                                                        80g vegan butter

Zest of one orange                                                     Juice of one orange

200g vegan butter                                                     20g cornflour

15g cornflour                                                              20g plant milk

65g plant milk                                                            

Orange and green food colours                             

You will also need; two baking trays, baking paper, a mixing bowl, a spoon, 2 piping bags, 2 large nozzles, saucepan, whisk, 2 small bowls

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Method;

1.       Make your orange curd filling.  Add the orange juice, sugar and vegan butter into a saucepan and melt together on a medium heat

2.       In a small bowl, whisk together the cornflour and plant milk and set aside

3.       Once the mixture in the pan has melted together lower the heat and slowly pour in the cornflour mixture while whisking rapidly

4.       Continue to whisk until the orange curd has thickened.  Pour into the small bowl and set aside to cool

5.       Pre heat the oven to 160°c

6.       Line your baking trays with baking paper, this will make sure your biscuits do not stick

7.       Add the vegan butter and icing sugar to your bowl and mix until smooth, light and fluffy

8.       Add the flour, cornflour and vanilla powder or extract to the bowl

9.       Add the plant milk and mix again until you have a thick but smooth and malleable dough.  If the dough is too thick, add a little more milk and mix again

10.   Spoon one third of the dough mixture into a small bowl and mix in a small amount of the green food colouring

11.   Keep two thirds of the dough mixture in the mixing bowl and mix in a small amount of the orange food colouring

12.   Add the two nozzles to two piping bags.  Spoon the green mixture into one bag and the orange mixture into the other bag

13.   Pipe 8 small carrot shapes onto each baking tray, so that you have 16 altogether.  Start by piping the green leaves and then zigzag the orange mixture to make the carrot

14.   Bake at 160°c for 15-20 minutes.  The biscuits are baked when they are light golden in colour and the undersides are firm and do not feel doughy

15.   Leave the biscuits on their trays to cool

16.   Once both the biscuits and the orange curd are cool you are ready to begin sandwiching the biscuits

17.   Turn 8 of the biscuits over, these will be the base of the sandwiches

18.   Use a piping bag or small spoon to cover the base biscuits with the orange curd filling

19.   Repeat until all the base biscuits have the filling on them

20.   Place the remaining 8 biscuits on top the correct way around to form the carrot shaped sandwiches

21.   Dust a little icing sugar on top to make them look extra fancy!

22.   Eat and enjoy!