• 165g plain flour
• 100g butter, cubed and chilled
• 125g caster sugar
• 1 tsp good-quality vanilla extract (optional)
• 1 free-range egg yolk
• melted chocolate, to decorate (optional)

1. Tip the flour into a food processor. Drop in the butter and whizz until the mixture forms rough breadcrumbs, add the sugar, vanilla and egg yolk and whizz until it comes together to form a rough dough.
2. Preheat the oven to 180°C/160°C fan. Grease 2 large baking sheets.
3. Roll out the dough to a thickness of about 3-5mm and cut out bunny-shaped biscuits (or Easter egg or any shape you like) using a cookie cutter. Re-roll the trimmings to make more biscuits. When you lay the biscuits out on the baking sheet leave a little room between the biscuits for them to expand slightly.
4. Bake for 10-12 minutes until turning pale golden brown around the edges. Don’t let them brown too much. Then transfer to a wire rack to cool.
5. Once cool use a very fine paintbrush and/or a toothpick dipped in melted chocolate to decorate the bunnies anyway you like.