With Christmas fast approaching I have been busy crafting gifts for friends and family.  These tiny bundles of sugary biscuits are perfect for work colleagues, friends or neighbours – a pretty token of Christmassy giving.

I made these quite simply, using small cardboard cake boxes, brown paper, twine, and red bells.  The biscuits are designed for dunking – so quite hard and perfect for dunking into tea and other hot drinks because they don’t dissolve or go all mushy.  You can find the recipe over here on my other blog.  I used a cute bunny rabbit shaped biscuit cutter but you could use any shape you like.

Once you have baked your biscuits and let them cool, simply cut out a square of brown paper and arrange it inside the mini cake box (I bought mine from Lakeland but I’m sure other good cookery shops will sell them).  Pop in a handful of biscuits and arrange nicely.

Take a length of twine and wrap it round the box as you would a present.  Tie the twine securely in a knot.  Take two bells (bought from Paperchase) and thread one onto each piece of the twine and then tie in another knot to hold in place.  You could either tie the remaining twine into a bow or unravel it like I’ve done here for a more rustic look.

I just think it looks so Christmassy – brown paper, bright red bells, and golden biscuits glistening with sugar crystals.  Give out to good friends and lovely neighbours as a Christmas treat.