choccy bunnies and easter chicks

Easter next weekend so I think some biscuits are in order.  Choccy bunnies for Boris and some yellow chicks on orange biscuits.

for the biscuits
100g softened butter
100g caster sugar
1 egg
275g plain flour
zest of 1 orange

Cream the butter, sugar and orange zest.  Beat in the egg.  Add the flour and mix together until a soft dough is formed.  I found it was still a little too crumbly so added a squeeze of orange juice.

Roll out until about 5mm thick and using cutters, make into bunnies and chicks.

Bake in a pre-heated oven at 190c for about 15-20 minutes until just golden brown.  Leave to cool.  I then popped them bake in the oven for a few minutes just to crisp them up and biscuits should traditionally be cooked twice*

for the orange topping
about 100g icing sugar
a squeeze of orange juice
a couple of drops of yellow food colouring

Mix together until just liquid but not too much so.

for the orange topping
50g dark chocolate
a squeeze of orange juice

Decorate the chicks with yellow icing and the bunnies with chocolate.  Leave to set in a cool place.

OK, so they're not brilliant but they make me happy!

* The name biscuit is derived from the Latin words bis (twice) and coquere, coctus (to cook, cooked), and means "twice-cooked".  This is because biscuits were originally cooked in a twofold process: first baked, and then dried out in a slow oven.