Dog Faces
Oatmeal cookies shaped and decorated like little dog heads, with eyes, noses, and ears.
Ingredients
plain flour
100 g
rolled oats
50 g
mixed spices
1/2 tsp
butter (cold, diced)
50 g
extra-fine powdered sugar
100 g
egg yolk
1
water
1 tsp
apricot jam
4 tbsp
white icing
250 g
dark chocolate (broken into pieces)
100 g
small colored round candies
20 small
Tagada strawberries (halved)
5
powdered sugar (for dusting)
to taste
Instructions
1
Step 1
Put the flour, oats, mixed spices, and butter in a food processor. Process until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs.
2
Step 2
Add the sugar, egg yolk, and 1 tsp of water. Mix until the dough comes together.
3
Step 3
Place the dough on a lightly floured work surface and knead until smooth. Wrap it in cling film and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
4
Step 4
Preheat the oven to 200°C (thermostat setting 7). Grease a large baking tray.
5
Step 5
Roll the dough out thinly on a floured work surface and cut out rounds with a 6 cm cutter. Arrange them on the tray with a small gap between each. Bake for 12 minutes, until lightly golden. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
6
Step 6
Sieve the apricot jam. Spread a little onto each biscuit, keeping it 5 mm from the edge.
7
Step 7
Roll half of the white icing out as thinly as possible on a surface dusted with powdered sugar. Use a 6 cm cutter to cut out 10 rounds and place one on each biscuit. For the eyes, moisten the icing and press in the colored candies.
8
Step 8
Melt the dark chocolate and use it to pipe the dog's nose and mouth.
9
Step 9
For the tongue, place half a strawberry candy on each face. For the ears, divide the remaining icing into 20 portions. Roll each portion into a ball, then press it between your thumb and index finger into a pear shape. Moisten the icing and attach the ears. Place the dog faces on the tray.
