by ohsobusymum 18 Comments
My kids love the store bought tiny teddy biscuits, but they are expensive when buying for four kids, so I decided to create my own. This recipe makes over 300 teddies, so they are sure to last you for a while. The Ted cutters are from eBay for around $3 for a set of 3 different sizes. If you want to make different shapes, Kmart has star and heart cutters that work for $2 a set.
Ingredients
- ½ cup (125g) butter, softened
- ⅔ cup (150g) caster sugar
- 2 ¼ cups (300g ) plain flour, sifted
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon of milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla essence
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- Variations: You can keep these plain or add 3 tablespoons 100's & 1000's on top like the ones pictured. For chocolate flavoured teds, you can add 1 ½ tablespoon of cocoa powder when you add in the remaining ingredients.
Directions
- Mix butter and sugar together with an electric mixer until light and creamy (around 40 seconds).
- Add the remaining ingredients and mix for around 1 minute until combined.
- On a floured bench, knead your mixture into a ball and wrap in saran wrap.
- Place in the fridge for at least an hour for the dough to set. Don't forget this step - otherwise, the dough won't hold together enough to roll out.
- Preheat oven to 160°C, line a baking tray with non-stick paper and remove dough from fridge.
- Knead well until the dough comes together. Roll out thin (around .4cm) on a well-floured surface and start cutting out using your cutter.
- Place on baking tray and bake for around 8-10 minutes. Watch them carefully as they can burn fast! You can remove them when they are still soft as they will harden when they cool.
- Once cooled, you can store them in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks.
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Reader Interactions
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Toni @ Finding Myself Young
This is awesome Cherie. I'll have to try them for bub (but have to use egg replacer as shes allergic to eggs).
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Kelly
What a great idea, never thought of making little ones! Thanks
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Lara Hodgson
awesome recipe. Will give it go tomorrow. Looks so easy too.
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Katie
Hi! I tried making these this afternoon and they were incredibly crumbly when I was kneading them. So much so that it didn't really work well and I think I got about 10 largish hearts out of them.
Please can you tell me what I'm doing wrong or what I need to do?,
Thanks so much!Reply
ohsobusymum
Some people have found it to be a little crumbly but others its fine. Did you leave it in the fridge for an hour? If it is still a little dry, just add another egg.
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Elvi
The milk in this recipe is milk powder or liquid milk? Thanks...
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ohsobusymum
full cream milk
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Tish
What size egg do you use please ? I'd say that might be the reason some are crumbly and some aren't .....
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ohsobusymum
Any sized egg should work. Are you letting it rest in the fridge?
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Elle
To make the honey flavour, could you replace the sugar with honey and remove the egg?
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Kellie
I just made these and they turned out great. Thanks for the recipe. ?
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Amy
It worked! Tastes a bit like shortbread. I added some chocolate which was nice 🙂
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Ruby
Can this be done without egg?
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Alma
My daughter has an egg allergy and I use orgran egg free egg replacer when baking, do you think it will work in these?
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ohsobusymum
It should work.
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Alicia
Would this recipe work with Nuttelex?
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ohsobusymum
I'm not sure, sorry.
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Jen
We loved this! Didn’t have teddy shaped but we did hearts for valentines. Thanks for the recipe! ❤️
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