Easy vegan Easter biscuits

Get sweet satisfaction with these tasty treats.

Ingredients (makes approximately 15 biscuits)

100g vegan margarine (or butter for non-vegan)

145g plain flour

50g caster sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla extract (or flavouring as required)

100g icing sugar

Sprinkles to decorate

1. Preheat the oven to 160C (or 140C fan oven) and line your baking tray with baking paper.

2. Use a wooden spoon to mix the vegan margarine (or softened butter) and the sugar in a mixing bowl until light and creamy. Add vanilla extract or flavouring.

3. Gradually fold in the flour to form a dough, take care and ensure that the mixture isn’t too sticky or wet.

4. Using your hands, bring the dough together to form a ball. You can also wrap the dough in cling film and refrigerate for 30 minutes to firm the dough up.

You will need

Easter egg cookie cutter (a glass or cup will do)

One baking tray

Baking paper

Wooden spoon

Rolling pin

5. Using a rolling pin, roll out the dough on a clean floured surface, to about 2/4mm (approximately the thickness of a pound coin).

6. Using an egg-shaped cookie cutter, cut out your biscuits, use the left-over cuttings to make more biscuits, you can make them any shape you like.

7. Place the biscuit shapes on your baking tray lined with baking paper and bake in the oven for 12 to 15 minutes, until they are just golden brown.

8. Once cooked, leave to cool down on a cooling rack whilst you prepare the icing.

9. Stir together the icing sugar and 2 to 3 teaspoons of water and a few drops of flavouring or colouring if desired.

10. Once the biscuits are cooled drizzle the icing over them lightly, you can use the back of a spoon to smooth the icing over.

11. Decorate with sprinkles and enjoy.