Iced Spice Biscuits - cooking recipe

Ingredients

FOR THE BISCUITS
250 g plain flour
125 g butter
125 g brown sugar
1 egg
2 teaspoons mixed spice
1 pinch salt
FOR THE ICING
125 g icing sugar
1 -2 tablespoon hot water
food coloring (optional)

Preparation

Preheat the oven to 190c/375f/gas mark 5.
Beat the butter and sugar til fluffy then beat the egg in bit by bit.
Sift in the flour, salt and spice.
Mix well and make a ball of firm dough.
Roll the dough out until 1/4 inch thick.
Cut dough into shapes.
Bake for 15 minutes, until golden brown.
Mix the icing sugar and hot water until smooth.
Colour if necessary.
Spread onto biscuits.