Ingredients
Method
Pre-heat the oven to 180C/160C fan and line a baking tray with greasproof/baking paper
Mix the butter and sugar in a bowl
- Weigh out the butter and chop it into small pieces. Weigh the sugar and then add it to the bowl. Mix together with a wooden spoon.
Add the remaining ingredients
- Add the egg yolk and vanilla extract to your mixture, then weigh the flour in a separate bowl and sift it into your mixture. Once it’s all in give it another mix until it’s well combined.
Form the biscuits
- Use your hands to finish mixing and press the dough together into a ball. To make the hedgehogs, break off little bits and roll them in your hands to form balls, then shape the snout/nose. Don’t worry too much about making them perfect, ours spread in the oven a little so I ended up doing it again a little after they had been baked. Put them on their baking tray with a little space between each one.
Bake in the oven
- Put your baking tray in the oven for 10-12 minutes until they are golden brown. Remove from the oven and put them on a wire rack to cool (you might want to reshape the noses a little before they cool).
Decorate your hedgehogs
- Break up the chocolate into a microwavable bowl then zap it for 30 seconds+ until it’s melted.
- Either pour the chocolate over each biscuit, dip them in your bowl or use a spoon to spread the chocolate on. We did a mixture of all 3. Sprinkle over your chocolate spinkles or nuts to form the hedgehog spines.
- Use something pointy like a chopstick or cocktail stick to dip in the chocolate and form the eyes and nose.