With the Winter Olympics currently taking place in Sochi, I thought this recipe would be fun for kids to make these medals and then be awarded them for good behaviour. It would also be good for the closing ceremony if you decide to have a party to celebrate the end of the Winter Olympics.
Ingredients
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| Medal Cookies from BBC Good Food |
- 140g butter
- 100g light brown sugar
- 3 tbsp golden syrup
- 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 350g plain flour, plus extra for dusting
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
- 1 large egg
To Decorate
- 1 kg pack ready to roll icing
- icing sugar
- food colouring paste, edible glitter and icing pens (optional)
- 15 long colourful ribbons
Method
- Heat the oven to 200C/180Cfan/gas6. Line 2 baking trays with baking parchment. Melt the butter, sugar and syrup in a small saucepan. Mix in the vanilla, remove from the heat and leave to cool for 10 minutes.
- Sieve the flour and bicarbonate of soda into a bowl. Pour the melted butter mixture and the egg, and stir together to form a stiff-ish dough. Pop the dough in the fridge for 10 minutes to chill and firm up.
- Roll the dough out on a floured surface to 5mm thick, then stamp out 15 circles using a 7.5cm round cookie cutter; you may need to re-roll the trimmings to get 15 cookies. Make a hole at the top of each circle with the end of a pencil.
- Place on the baking trays and bake for 12 minutes until golden, swapping the trays around halfway through. Cool on a wire rack. Decorate the cookies, making sure the hole is at the top of each one. They will keep for 3 days in an airtight container.
Recipe from BBC Good Food
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