Monkey biscuits

A fun tip for these biscuits, is to use the cookie cutters of your choice.

Ingredients

300 g	Butter, chopped (Main)
1 cup	Caster sugar
3 Tbsp	Cocoa powder
3 cups	Flour (Main)
1 tsp	Vanilla essence/extract
3 cups	Icing sugar
1 Tbsp	Butter
1 splash	Water, hot
1 to decorate	Silver balls
1 to decorate	Chocolate hail

Directions

1. Place butter, sugar, flour and cocoa in a food processor and pulse until mixture resembles crumbs. Add vanilla and pulse until mixture comes together.
2. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface and quickly knead. Wrap it in plastic cling film and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
3. Preheat oven to 180C. Roll dough out into a large rectangle approximately 3mm thick. Cut out monkey shapes using a medium-sized gingerbread person cookie cutter.
4. Place shapes on a cold baking tray and bake for 10 minutes until brown and firm. Place shapes on a wire rack to cool.
5. Mix together icing sugar, cocoa, butter and enough hot water to make a firm icing. Spread a thin layer over each monkey. Place silver balls for eyes and then sprinkle with chocolate hail.