Ingredients

• 100g/3½oz unsalted butter
• softened at room temperature
• 100g/3½oz caster sugar
• 1 free-range egg
• lightly beaten
• 275g/10oz plain flour
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• To decorate
• 400g/14oz icing sugar
• 3-4 tbsp water
• 2-3 drops food colourings

Directions

• Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas 5. Line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
• Beat the butter and sugar together in a bowl until combined.
• Beat in the egg and vanilla extract
• a little at a time
• until well combined.
• Stir in the flour until the mixture comes together as a dough.
• Roll the dough out on a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of 1cm/½in.
• Using Halloween-style biscuit cutters
• cut biscuits out of the dough and carefully place onto the baking tray.
• Bake the biscuits for 8-10 minutes
• or until pale golden-brown. Set aside to harden for 5 minutes
• then cool on a wire rack.
• For the icing
• sift the icing sugar into a large mixing bowl and stir in enough water to create a smooth mixture. Stir in the food colouring.
• Carefully spread the icing onto the biscuits using a knife and set aside until the icing hardens.