In today's post, I want to show you how to make this amazing shortbread Christmas tree. As some of you may know, I've been baking along with the Great British Bake Off every Tuesday, this was my final showstopper. The recipe is simple and one you can make with children.
Preparation time: 30 Minutes
Cooking Time: 15-20 Minutes
Ingredients:
250g Butter
200g Caster Sugar
360g Plain Flour
125g Icing Sugar
15ml Water
Silver Balls to decorate
Equipment:
Star Cutters (follow the link for ones I purchased)
Baking Trays
Rolling Pin (or anything that resembles a similar shape, I used a bottle of squash)
Large Bowl
Wooden Spoon
Scales/Jug
Method:
1) Preheat the oven to 190C/375F/Gas Mark 5
2) Beat the butter and sugar together until smooth. If your butter is a still quite solid put it in the microwave for 10 seconds to soften it
9) Remove from oven when slightly golden. Leave to cool on a wire rack for 30 minutes. 
3) Stir in the flour to make a smooth paste. You can then use your hands to form a ball, as pictured below. 
4) Turn onto a floured work surface and roll to about 1cm thick.
5) Using your star cutters, begin to cut out each of the shapes. Placing them on a baking tray once finished.
6) With excess dough keep putting it back together and rolling it out.
7) You should now have all your biscuits on baking trays ready to go in the oven.
8) Put biscuits into the oven for 15 minutes. Be sure to check them at 5-minute intervals.
10) To make the glazed icing mix the icing sugar and water together until you get a smooth paste.
11) Put glaze into a piping bag. If you don't have a piping bag use a sandwich bag and cut the corner off. Then start to stack your biscuits placing them diagonally on each other. Use the glaze as a glue as a dot in the centre of each biscuit.
12) Finally, to decorate put a dot of glaze on each of the corners and place a silver ball on top. Feel free to dust any excess icing sugar to create a snow effect.
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