Vanilla spiral biscuits

Make these spiral biscuits as a festive gift at Christmas for friends and family. Made with red and green food colouring, they use our universal dough recipe

Prep:25 mins
Cook:15 mins
plus chilling and cooling

Easy

Nutrition per serving

kcal 96
fat 4g
saturates 3g
carbs 13g
sugars 0g
fibre 0.4g
protein 1g
salt 0.1g

Ingredients

plain flour , to dust
½ batch of universal dough (see below)
red and green food colouring paste

Method

Make the biscuit dough. Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/ gas 6 and line a large baking sheet with baking parchment. Lightly dust a clean work surface with flour and divide the dough into three. Put one piece in a bowl and beat in enough red food colouring paste to make it a vibrant red using electric beaters. Clean the beaters and repeat with a second batch of dough and the green food colouring. Cover, then chill the dough for 15 mins.
On the dusted work surface, roll out the dough into neat rectangles, around ½cm thick. Make the red layer slightly larger, then layer on the green and finally the plain dough. Roll up into a tight spiral, brushing off any excess flour with a pastry brush, and return to the fridge to chill for 20 mins. Using a very sharp knife, trim the two ends then cut into 1cm thick slices and arrange on the baking tray. Bake for 10-15 mins until golden. Leave to cool on the tray for 15 mins before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely. Will keep in an airtight container for three days.