Edible Place Names For The Christmas Table

Home make & bake - these biscuits can be iced with your guest's names  and look great on the Christmas dining table . To personalise your table settings make these biscuits add names or initials or characters and put in each place setting. An added bonus - you can nibble them with your coffee after lunch. If you have kids they'll enjoy helping, too.


You need: 200g/7oz butter, 175ml/6fl oz golden syrup, 170g /6oz sugar, 1- 2tsp ground cinnamon, 1- 2tsp ground cloves, 1- 2tsp ground ginger, grated zest 1 orange, 2 eggs, 510g/1lb 2oz flour, 3tsp baking powder, icing sugar and warm water to decorate.


Preheat oven to 200° C /400° F/ Gas 6. Place butter,syrup,sugar and orange zest into heavy saucepan. Bring to boil briefly and allow to cool. Beat eggs (one at time) with whisk into cooled mixture. 
Sift flour and baking powder into large bowl. Add the sugar mixture from pan to the flour a little at a time. make to a dough. 
Wrap in cling film and place in fridge overnight. 
Remove from fridge - roll out dough to 3mm /1/8" thick. Cut into shapes. Place onto greased baking tray and cook for 5 - 8 minutes. Remove from oven and cool on cooling tray.
Mix icing sugar with a small amount of warm water to make icing. Put into icing bag and use to put names or funny faces or guest's initials on each biscuit. 
Enjoy :) 


 extract from The Christmas Book  (available from Dorling Kindersley Books