I have a couple of nephews that are visiting for the weekend, and so to amuse them, and myself, I have decided to make some brightly coloured biscuits, in the shape of poo. The Unicorn Poo starts life as a basic Sugar Cookie Recipe, and with a liberal dose of food colouring, edible glitter, they magically form themselves into this rare treat.
If this doesn't win me some kind of Best Auntie award, I will want to know why.
Ingredients:
- 1 batch of Sugar Cookie Dough
- Food colouring of at least 4 colours
- Lustre dust, edible glitter
- Prepare sugar cookie dough as normal, then place on a lightly floured surface.
- Divide into four, or however many colours you are using.
- Take one portion of dough and add colouring, and knead in thoroughly
- Repeat for the other portions until you have one of each colour
- Take half of one colour, and roll it out into long thinnish rope
- Take half of the next colour, and repeat to a rope of equal length
- Once you have done this for all four colours, lay them next to each other.
- Cut the ribbon of dough into 8 pieces
- Take each piece, and holding one end press them together and gently roll the strands so that they twist together.
- Roll the twist a little until the different strands are stuck together, but not enough that they blend
- Twist this into a wheel, mounding some on top so it looks like a poo. Don't be afraid to pile it high as it will spread when it cooks.
- Place on a baking tray that has been buttered or lined.
- Repeat for remaining pieces, then place in fridge to chill for an hour
- Bake for 15-18 minutes at 350°F / 176°C / Gas Mark 4
- Allow to cool for a moment before transferring to a cooling rack.
- Once fully cooled, brush with lustre dust and sprinkle with edible glitter - if you can get rainbow coloured glitter, even better - unfortunately, I didnt have any.
TIP:
- I use gel colourant as this doesn't alter the consistency of the dough.It is also quite strong, and best to apply to your dough with a cocktail stick or wooden skewer dipped into the gel, then into the dough. However, you are after a strong colour.
- ENSURE that your glitter says it is food edible. Just using glitter that says it is non-toxic is not necessarily edible.
