Sugar cookies and Dr Oetker Decorating Products and Giveaway

Dr Oetker baking products are  perfect for anyone who enjoys baking.Their range includes, baking ingredients, ready to roll fondant icing, fast and easy ready to use royal icing and colourful edible and non edible cake and cookie decorations in an array of designs and colours.  You can even get  natural food  colours and flavourings , it's truely  a haven of goodies for any baking enthsiast .I recently received a package from Dr Oetker with  a selection of their products to try and I have been having fun  testing them all in my cake and cookie making.

I made these sugar cookies using some of the ingredients that I received and they turned out amazing especially the decoration which was fast and easy to do using the chocolate designer icing pouch which came with interchangeable decorating tips

Delectable sugar cookies with chocolate icing.

Ingredients:

16 oz plain flour
8 oz  caster sugar
8 oz butter(room temperature)
1  level teaspoon Dr Oetker bicarbonate of soda
1 teaspoon Dr Oetker vanilla essence
1/2 cup milk approx

For decoration:
Dr Oetker chocolate designer icing pouch
Dr Oetker chocolate sprinkles

Method:

1. Cream the butter and sugar and add the bicarbonate of soda.
2. Add the flour and gradually add the milk to form a dough. (you may not need to use all the milk)
3. Roll the dough in cling film and rest for 30 minutes.
4. On a floured surafce roll out the dough and cut our desired cookie shapes.
5. Place the cookies on a lined baking tray and bake in a preheated 190 degrees C/ 375 degrees F for
12-15 minutes until golden brown.
6. Remove from oven and transfer to a wire rack to cool.
7. Once cooled, decorate using the chocolate designer icing and sprinkle with the chocolate strands.

Submitting  to:
Lets cook for valentine chocolate / hearts event.

I would like to thank  Dr Oetker for the products they kindly supplied, all views in this review are my own.
I am pleased to announce that Dr Oeteker has kindly agreed to send a mini selection of baking and decorating products to one winner of  this giveaway.
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