If you’re searching for the perfect iced Christmas shortbread recipe, these buttery, melt‑in‑the‑mouth biscuits are everything you need for festive baking. With their crisp edges, delicate crumb, and beautifully piped icing, they’re ideal for Christmas biscuit tins, edible gifts, and easy holiday baking.

Whether you’re making stars, trees, or snowflakes, this simple shortbread dough holds its shape perfectly and creates biscuits that look as good as they taste.

Iced Christmas biscuits

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Cook Time 10 minutes mins

Course Biscuits

Servings 24 biscuits

Ingredients

  

• 100 g unsalted butter, softened
• 100 g caster sugar
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 275 g plain flour

Topping

• 200 g icing sugar
• 2-3 tbsp water
• sprinkles to decorate

Instructions

 

• Pre-heat the oven to 190c°/gas 5. Line 2 baking trays with greaseproof paper.
• In a bowl add the butter and sugar and mix until together. Beat in the egg and vanilla extract, a little at a time.
• Gradually stir in the flour to form a dough.
• Roll the dough out on a lightly floured work surface to a thickness of around 1cm. Using a biscuit cutter, cut biscuits out of the dough, roll out the remaining dough and repeat until all used up.
• Place the biscuits onto the baking trays and bake in the oven for 8-10 mins or until pale golden brown. Set aside on a wire rack to cool.
• For the icing, sift the icing sugar into a bowl, and water to form a smooth mixture.
• Spread the icing over the biscuits, add the sprinkles and leave to set.
• Store in an airtight container.