Unicorn drops recipe
Kids will love creating these bright biscuits with their swirls of colourful dough. Made with cream cheese and vanilla, these pretty biscuits have a soft texture and make a tasty sweet treat or baking activity to try at home.
See method- Serves 8 (makes 8 drops)
- 15 mins to prepare and 15 mins to cook, plus freezing and cooling
- 379 calories / serving
Ingredients
- 125g (4oz) icing sugar
- 160g (5 1/2oz) butter
- 75g (3oz) soft cheese
- 1 egg
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 275g (9oz) plain flour
- red, yellow, green and orange flavoured writing icing pens
- edible silver lustre
- mini stars
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Shop ingredientsEach serving contains
- Energy
- 1585kJ 379.0kcal
- Fat
- 21g
- Saturates
- 12g
- Salt
- 0.1g
- Sugars
- 19g
of the Reference intake
Carbohydrate 45.3gProtein 5.1gFibre 1.4g
Method
- In a mixing bowl, beat the icing sugar with the butter, soft cheese and egg until smooth. Add the vanilla extract and plain flour; mix to form a soft dough.
- Divide the dough between 6 bowls and add 1 tsp of different food colouring gel to each; mix well. Wrap each coloured dough in nonstick baking paper and freeze for 45 mins, or until firm.
- Preheat the oven to gas 4, 180°C, fan 160°C. Line a work surface with a large piece of nonstick baking paper. Divide each coloured dough into 8 pieces. Take one piece in each colour and roll into 15cm lengths. Line up the coloured lengths side by side and gently press together to make a rainbow sausage. Twist at each end to make a 20cm rope. Coil the rope onto a lined baking sheet, tucking in any surplus dough. Repeat with the remaining dough to make 8 biscuits.
- Bake for 12-15 mins. Cool on a wire rack. Brush each with edible silver lustre and scatter with coloured mini stars.
- See more Summer desserts and bakes for kids
- As part of a healthy balanced diet, we recommend this recipe for a special occasion or treat.
