Yes, that’s right – Unicorn Poo.

I have a couple of nephews that are visiting for this weekend. It is my sister’s birthday and we are going to have a birthday tea,

To amuse my nephews ( and myself if I am honest), I have decided to make some brightly coloured biscuits, in the shape of poo.

The Unicorn Poo starts life as a basic Sugar Cookie Recipe, and with a liberal dose of food colouring, edible glitter, they magically form themselves into this rare treat.

I told them that it was gathered at midnight at the foot of Candy Mountain. I think they half believed me. If this doesn’t win me some kind of Best Auntie award, I will want to know why.

• Prepare sugar cookie dough as normal, then place on a lightly floured surface.
• Divide into four, or however many colours you are using.
• Take one portion of dough and add colouring, and knead in thoroughly
• Repeat for the other portions until you have one of each colour
• Take half of one colour, and roll it out into long thinnish rope
• Take half of the next colour, and repeat to a rope of equal length
• Once you have done this for all four colours, lay them next to each other.
• Cut the ribbon of dough into 8 pieces
• Take each piece, and holding one end press them together and gently roll the strands so that they twist together.
• Roll the twist a little until the different strands are stuck together, but not enough that they blend
• Twist this into a wheel, mounding some on top so it looks like a poo. Don’t be afraid to pile it high as it will spread a little when it cooks.
• Place on a baking tray that has been buttered or lined.
• Repeat for remaining pieces, then place in fridge to chill for an hour
• Bake for 15-18 minutes at 350°F  / 176°C / Gas Mark 4
• Allow to cool for a moment before transferring to a cooling rack.
• Once fully cooled, brush with lustre dust and sprinkle with edible glitter – if you can get rainbow coloured glitter, even better – unfortunately, I didnt have any.

TIP:

•  It is important to use gel colourant as this doesn’t alter the consistency of the dough. It is also quite strong, and best to apply to your dough with a cocktail stick or wooden skewer dipped into the gel, then into the dough. However, you are after a strong colour.
• ENSURE that your glitter says it is food edible. Just using glitter that says it is non-toxic is not necessarily edible.