Melted Snowman Shortbread Biscuits

1. Line a large tray with baking paper.
2. Mix the butter and sugar together until smooth. Then stir in the vanilla extract.
3. Add the flour and salt and mix well until it starts to stick together. Then use your hands to press everything together into a ball of dough.
4. Roll the dough onto a lightly floured surface until it's around ¼-inch thick. Use a 3-inch round cookie cutter to cut out 15 biscuits, re-rolling scrap pieces together until it's all used up.
5. Place the biscuits onto your lined tray then pop them in the fridge for 30 minutes. This will help them to hold their shape in the oven.
6. Preheat your oven to 180°C (or 160°C for fan ovens).
7. Bake for 15-20 minutes, until they're firm around the edges (they should look pale and not golden brown). Let them cool completely on the tray.

Topping:

1. Make your icing by mixing the icing sugar and water together.
2. Place 2 tablespoons of icing into a separate bowl and colour it with the black food colouring. Pop this into a piping bag fitted with a writing nozzle or cut a very small hole off the end.
3. Place 1 tablespoon of the icing into another bowl and colour it orange. Transfer this into a separate piping bag.
4. Use the black icing to pipe two eyes and a mouth onto each marshmallow. Then pipe the orange 'carrot' noses.
5. Transfer the rest of the icing to a piping bag with a small hole cut off the end. Use it to pipe a 'snow puddle' onto each biscuit then top with the marshmallow heads.
6. Use the black icing again to pipe two arms onto each biscuit. Then add two mini M&Ms onto each one for the snowmen's 'buttons'.
7. Let the icing harden at room temperature then enjoy!