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I found this recipe in a library book called "Festive Cooking" and it's definitely one of my new favourite Christmas recipes!  They are so tasty and look  fantastic!  As you can probably see, I ended up cutting my mint leaves in half as they were too big to put two on each biscuit - I think it still looks cute - but you could always just make bigger biscuits!  Although there are a few steps involved, these are easy to make and look so festive and bright :-)

Ingredients
2 cups self-raising flour
90g butter, chopped, at room temperature
2 teaspoons cinnamon
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup golden syrup
1 egg, lightly beaten
mint leaves
red Mini m&ms

Icing
2 1/2 cups icing sugar, sifted
100ml lemon juice

Method
Place flour, butter and cinnamon in a food processor.  Process until combined.  Add sugar, syrup and egg until mixture comes together.  Turn dough onto a floured board.  Knead until smooth then roll out between sheets of baking paper (in 2 batches if necessary) until 5mm thick.  Refrigerate for 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to moderate, 180 degrees celsius.

Using a 6cm fluted cutter, cut rounds from dough.  Place rounds on lined baking trays.  Bake 8-10 minutes, until firm.  Cool on trays.  Repeat with remaining dough.

Icing: meanwhile, in a small bowl, combine icing sugar and juice until a thick paste forms.  Spread over cold biscuits.

Arrange mint leaves and m&ms onto wet icing to form holly.  Set aside to set.  Store in an airtight container, layering between sheets of baking paper.