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    Home » Family Friendly Recipes » Cookies

    Fun Party Food Idea: Shortbread Butterfly Cookies

    Jul 20, 2018 · Leave a Comment

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    These cute and easy shortbread butterflies are perfect for butterfly themed party food,  an ugly bug ball party or summer garden party

    These shortbread butterfly cookies are really quick and easy to make, so they're perfect for fun party food treats or a cute tea party dessert for kids. Whatever your party theme, kids are sure to love these cute edible butterflies!

    Fun food tutorial - how to make cute shortbread butterflies - a really quick and easy party food idea that kids will love

    When preparing party food, especially for a large crowd, there's rarely time for long and complicated recipes, so these pretty butterfly biscuits, which are made from mostly ready-made ingredients, are ideal for a special dessert that takes very little time to throw together.

    Apart from whipping up some simple buttercream icing (and you can even buy that ready-made if you're really pushed for time!), it's really just a matter of assembling ingredients to create these cute butterfly treats.

    I used plain white buttercream, just as it comes, for creating my butterfly cookies but if you have a little more time you could divide the icing up and colour it before piping for a selection of different coloured butterflies. I think pastel colours would be really pretty, and you could even match them up to your party colour scheme if you have one!

    How to make cute butterfly biscuits - quick easy and fun party dessert idea that kids will love

    Easy Shortbread Butterfly Cookies

    Ingredients: 

    • 100g butter
    • 200g icing sugar
    • ½ tsp vanilla extract
    • 10 shortbread fingers
    • 20 pretzels
    • 5 mikado sticks (or matchstick chocolates)
    • 1 Tbsp hundreds and thousands sprinkles

    Fun Party Dessert idea - how to make shortbread butterfly biscuits step 1 - gather ingredients

    Method: 

    First make the buttercream icing. Whisk the butter until soft and fluffy. Sift the icing sugar into the bowl with the butter, a little at a time, whisking as you go until completely combined. Add the vanilla extract and whisk again until combined.

    Spoon the buttercream icing into a piping bag with a large closed star piping tip.

    Pipe a line of icing stars down the centre of each shortbread finger.

    Fun Party Dessert idea - how to make shortbread butterfly biscuits step 2 - pipe icing down each shortbread finger

    Push two pretzels into the icing on each biscuit to form butterfly wings.

    Fun Party treat idea - how to make shortbread butterfly biscuits step 3 - add pretzel wings

    Break short lengths off of the mikado sticks and push two pieces into each biscuit for antennae.

    Fun Party treat idea - how to make shortbread butterfly biscuits step 4 - add antennae

    Finish each butterfly with a pinch of sprinkles scattered over the top.

    Fun Party treat recipe for kids - how to make shortbread butterfly biscuits step 5 finish with sprinkles

    Serve and enjoy!

    How to make cute butterfly biscuits - quick and easy party treat idea that kids will love

    Notes: Try colouring the buttercream in different pastel colours before piping for colourful butterflies!

    If not serving straight away, the finished butterfly cookies can be stored in the fridge for a couple of hours before serving if needed.

    How to make cute shortbread butterflies fun food tutorial - really quick and easy party food idea that kids will love

    If you enjoyed this cute butterfly recipe, you might also like these fun butterfly and bug themed food ideas:

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    For more fun food ideas and recipes like this one, check out the Fun Food for Kids section here on the Eats Amazing blog or pop over and follow my Fun Food Ideas for Kids Pinterest boards for loads more ideas from all over the web.

    Grace

    How to make cute butterfly biscuits - quick and easy party treat idea that kids will love
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    Easy Shortbread Butterfly Cookies

    These shortbread butterfly cookies are really quick and easy to make, so they're perfect for fun party food treats or a cute tea party dessert for kids. Whatever your party theme, kids are sure to love these cute edible butterflies!
    Prep Time10 minutes mins
    Cook Time0 minutes mins
    Total Time10 minutes mins
    Course: Dessert, Party Food
    Cuisine: British
    Servings: 10 shortbread butterflies
    Author: Grace Hall

    Ingredients

    • 100 g butter
    • 200 g icing sugar
    • ½ tsp vanilla extract
    • 10 shortbread fingers
    • 20 pretzels
    • 5 mikado sticks or matchstick chocolates
    • 1 Tbsp hundreds and thousands sprinkles

    Instructions

    • First make the buttercream icing. Whisk the butter until soft and fluffy. Sift the icing sugar into the bowl with the butter, a little at a time, whisking as you go until completely combined. Add the vanilla extract and whisk again until combined.
    • Spoon the buttercream icing into a piping bag with a large closed star piping tip.
    • Pipe a line of icing stars down the centre of each shortbread finger.
    • Push two pretzels into the icing on each biscuit to form butterfly wings.
    • Break off small lengths of mikado sticks and push two pieces into each biscuit for antennae.
    • Finish each butterfly with a pinch of sprinkles scattered over the top.

    Notes

    Notes: Try colouring the buttercream in different pastel colours before piping for colourful butterflies! If not serving straight away, finished butterfly cookies can be stored in the fridge for a couple of hours before serving if needed.

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