• Begin by setting the butter aside to warm if it has been in the fridge
  220 g butter
• Set the oven to 180C and place a piece of baking paper on a tray.
• Mix both types of sugar and the butter together in a bowl, beating firmly until you have a smooth paste.
  150 g caster sugar, 50 g golden caster sugar, 220 g butter
• Stir in the eggs and vanilla extract
  2 eggs, 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Scatter over the spice mix and the cinnamon (adjust the amount to your personal taste)
  2 teaspoon mixed spice, 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• Stir in the flour and mix well until everything is well-mixed.
  500 g plain flour
• Scatter some flour on your worktop, then roll out the dough until it is about 1.5cm thick.
• Now get creative! Either use a cookie cutter, or take a knife and carefully make some festive shapes and designs.
• Place the biscuits on the baking paper, then pop the tray in the oven and bake for 12-15 minutes.
• Once cooked, take them out and leave to cool.

Decoration

• This is the fun part! First mix the icing sugar and water and stir well.
  500 g icing sugar, 5 tbsp cold water
• Then split the mixture into bowls and add a few drops of food colouring to each, one bowl per colour.
  5 drops food colouring
• Either use a palette knife or preferably a piping bag, and add the icing wherever looks good for your designs! Why not try a Christmas jumper biscuit?
• Finally add any other items you have to hand, leave to set and enjoy!
  any other decoration items