Game of Scones: Jammy Lannister recipe
- 280 g (9.9oz) plain flour
- 200 g (7.1oz) firm butter, cut into small pieces
- 100 g (3.5oz) icing sugar
- 2 medium egg yolks
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 big dollop of strawberry jam
- 1 small quantity white ready-to-roll icing
- 100 g (3.5oz) icing sugar, plus extra for dusting
- 1 medium egg white
- Line a large baking tray with non-stick baking paper.
- Put the flour in a bowl and add the butter.
- Mix till it begins to come together.
- Knead lightly with floured hands into a smooth dough.
- Add the sugar, egg yolks and vanilla extract and mix to a dough.
- Put into a plastic bag and chill for at least 30 minutes.
- Roll out the cookie dough on a lightly floured surface to about a 5mm thickness.
- Cut out shapes with the gingerbread man cutter and place them on the prepared baking tray.
- Cut the right hands off all of them and cut mouths out of half of them with a tiny round cutter.
- Put back into the fridge to chill again for 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas mark 4.
- Bake the cookies for 12-15 minutes, until beginning to brown around the edges.
- Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the tray before carefully lifting off.
- Sandwich the men together in pairs, one with a mouth and one without, with strawberry jam.
- Cut pairs of eyes from the ready to roll icing and set aside.
- Knead a little brown colouring into the remaining icing.
- Roll out the brown icing on a surface lightly dusted with icing sugar and cut out hair, beards and moustaches.
- Stick to the heads with mouths with a little water.
- Sieve the icing sugar into a small bowl and add some egg white, little by little, beating well until a piping consistency is reached.
- Divide into two and colour one half green and the other black.
- With a piping bag fitted with a small plain nozzle (or small paper piping bag with the end cut off), pipe the outline of the jackets in black.
- Loosen the texture of the green icing with some water, then carefully fill the jacket shapes using a small teaspoon.
- Allow to set.
- Stick the eyes to the heads with a little water.
- Add the pupils with the black colouring and jam to the cut-off hands, all the while screaming in horror and swearing revenge.
- You do, after all, always pay your debts.
butter, icing sugar, egg yolks, vanilla, strawberry jam, icing sugar, egg white
Taken from www.lovefood.com/guide/recipes/47900/jammy-lannister-recipe (may not work)