How to decorate a Christmas Stocking

Preparation info
  • To decorate

    12

    biscuits
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
The Baker's Daughter: Timeless recipes from four generations of bakers

By Louise Johncox

Published 2014

  • About

Using the biscuit dough recipe, cut the dough using a biscuit cutter in the shape of a Christmas stocking, then bake the dough. Follow the instructions below to decorate the stocking-shaped biscuits.

Ingredients

  • 150 g red fondant icing
  • 50 g white fondant icing
  • 75 g</

Method

Use soft, ready-to-roll red fondant icing. Roll it out, ideally using a textured rolling pin to create indentations in vertical stripes. Use the Christmas stocking-shaped cutter to cut the icing into stocking shapes.

Cut out a small section of white ready-to-roll icing (to resemble the white fringe of a boot) and, using a little water, stick this to the top of the stocking. Pipe a fine