Baby feet shortbread

These perfect little shortbread baby feet and can be created for any baby event.

Gender reveal baby shortbread feet

Cook Time 20 minutes
Chilling time 30 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 48 biscuits

Ingredients
  

Shortbread feet

  • 200 g unsalted butter, soften (see top tip)
  • 100 g caster sugar
  • 300 g plain flour (plus extra for sprinkling on the surface)

Decoration

  • 200 g icing sugar
  • 7 tbsp water
  • food colouring – add enough depending on the colour you need
  • edibles pearl balls

Instructions
 

  • Line two baking trays with baking paper and set aside.
  • Add the sugar and butter to a bowl and beat together until smooth. Top tip: it's best to leave the butter out so that it softens, this will be a lot easier to beat together with the sugar.
  • Gradually add the flour and beat until a dough is formed.
  • Lightly flour your worktop and roll out your dough to approx 0.5cm thick
  • Cut out your baby feet with a cutter and place on the baking paper. Once you've used up all the dough, place in the fridge for 30mins.
  • Pre-heat the oven to 180°c.
  • Once chilled, remove the baby shortbread feet from the fridge and bake in the oven for 15-20mins or until golden.
  • Remove from the oven and leave to cool completely and place on a wire rack.

Decoration

  • In a large bowl, add the icing sugar and gradually at the water to a thick consistency (you don't want it runny as it will fall off the biscuits). If using more than one colour divide into two bowls.
  • Gradually add the colouring to your icing to the colour you are wanting.
  • Add the icing into a piping bag, pipe a border around the biscuit and then gradually fill the biscuit, tilting so it fills evenly. Then add 5 pearl balls to resemble toes. Repeat until all biscuits are iced.