{Heart Shaped Shortbread with Sprinkles}

For the Biscuits:

225g Plain Flour // 150g Butter, diced // 75g Caster Sugar

For the Topping:

Icing Sugar + water // Sprinkles of your choice

1. Preheat the oven to 180°c (350°F) Gas Mark 4.

2. Rub the flour and the butter together in a large bowl until the mixture resembles fine breadcrumbs. Add the sugar and bring the whole mixture together to form a stiff dough. At first it might seem like its not coming together, but just keep working at it. The heat of your hands will melt the butter and bring it together to form a dough.

3. Roll out the dough on a floured work surface to a thickness of 5mm and use your heart cutters to cut out your shape. Carefully lift from work surface with a palette knife and place on a baking tray evenly spread apart. 

4. Bake in the oven for 8-10 minutes until pale golden. Allow to cool on the sheet for a minute or two and then lift off carefully onto a baking tray.

5. Once fully cooled, mix up the icing sugar, the quantity being of your choice, ensuring it is of a double cream style consistency. You can then half dip the small hearts into the icing sugar and lay on a baking sheet, sprinkling on the topping of your choice on top of the icing sugar. For the larger hearts, its easiest to use the back of a spoon to spread the icing across half of the heart and do the same as before.

..and there you have it, lots of yummy little biscuits that are great for any occasion!