Belgian Biscuits

For quite a few months now my partner has been asking me to make Belgian biscuits (as he loves them) and I have never got around to it until this weekend. Absolutely terrible of me to have not done these sooner! I personally don't like them (I'm not really a biscuit fan), but according to him these taste really good! I did have lots of fun using the cookie cutter... The following recipe was from the Taste website. I don't currently have a food processor, so I just used an electric beater and they came out fine, so I have amended the recipe to how I did it.
Enjoy :)

Belgian Biscuits:

• 1 1/2 cups brown sugar
• 250g butter, softened
• 1 egg
• 2 1/2 teaspoons mixed spice
• 1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 2 3/4 cups plain flour
• 1 tablespoon baking powder
• 1/3 cup raspberry jam

Coloured Sugar:

• 1/4 cup white sugar
• red food colouring

Icing:

• 1 cup icing sugar
• 1 tablespoon milk
• 1 teaspoon butter, melted

1. Place sugar, butter and egg into a bowl. Mix with an electric beater until well combined. Add mixed spice, cinnamon, 1 3/4 cups of flour and baking powder. Pulse until combined. Add remaining flour. Mix until it forms a dough. Remove to the bench.
2. Divide dough in half. Shape into two 10cm diameter discs. Wrap each it glad wrap and place them into the refrigerator until firm (about 30 minutes)
3. Preheat oven to 180°C. Line four trays with baking paper.
4. Roll each disc out between two sheets of baking paper until it is about 5mm thick. Using a 6cm cutter, cut out the biscuits. You should end up with about 56cm biscuits. Place them onto the trays and bake for about 10-15 minutes, until golden. Stand for 5 minutes, then transfer onto a wire rack to cool.
5. Spread half the biscuits with jam and sandwich with the remaining biscuits.
6. To make the coloured sugar; put the sugar in a snap lock bag. Add one-two drops of red food colouring. Rub the bag between your hands to mix the sugar and colour together.
7. To make the icing; sift icing sugar into a small bowl. Add the milk and butter. Stir until the mixture is well combined and a good spreadable consistency. Spread over the biscuits, then sprinkle over the coloured sugar.