Sugar Pan Hearts
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
25 min.
Preparation
ready in 55 min.
Ready in
Ingredients
for
25
- Ingredients
- ⅔ cup butter
- ⅔ cup sugar
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 pinch salt
- 4 ozs pink, hard Candy (lightly crushed)
- To decorate
- pink Ribbon
Product recommendation
Free from nuts.
Preparation steps
1.
Heat the oven to 180°C (160° fan) 350°F gas 4. Line a large baking tray with non-stick baking paper.
2.
Beat the butter and sugar in a mixing bowl until soft and creamy. Gradually beat in the egg yolks.
3.
Add the flour and salt and mix to a dough. Wrap in cling film and chill for 30 minutes.
4.
Roll out the dough on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 1 cm|1/2".
5.
Using a heart-shaped cookie cutter, cut biscuits out of the dough. Using a smaller heart-shaped cutter cut out the centres of each heart. Place on the baking tray. Insert a wooden lollipop stick into the tip of each biscuit, pressing down slightly to let the tip of the stick slightly protrude into the heart. Completely fill the hole in each biscuit with crushed boiled sweets.
6.
Bake for 10-12 minutes, until golden brown and the sweets have melted. Cool on the baking tray and remove when cold.
7.
Tie a pink ribbon around each stick.
