Australiana Biscuits

Tonight we're having a party to celebrate our recently acquired Australian-ness.

I decided to put all my Australian shaped biscuit cutters to good use.

How cute did they turn out!

The echidna

I used the basic biscuit mix from taste.com.au

• 185g butter, softened

• 3/4 cup caster sugar

• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

• 1 egg

• 2 cups plain flour

The dough was really hard to work with, and really sweet, so next time i think I'll use less sugar.

To make it  a bit more manageable, I rolled it out between greaseproof paper, and threw it into the freezer to firm up for 5 minutes before cutting, so that the shapes cut out and held their shape.

Then into the oven until just brown, leave to cool, then I iced with plain icing mix.

The hubby iced with squeezy chocolate frosting. Spot his ;)

Platypus

Om-nom-wombat

Frill neck lizard

Koala

A different platypus

The hubbys frosting :)