Happy Sunday.
Are you looking for some Easter treat ideas?
Fancy making some of these yummy Easter Biscuits?
Cooking time 10-12 minutes + 2 minutes
Equipment Large baking tray, pastry cutters or cup
How To Make Easter Biscuits:
Ingredients:
Biscuits:
- 100g butter
- 100g caster sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- half a lemon rind and juice
- 200g Doves Farm Organic Plain White Flour
- ½ tsp mixed spice
- 50g currants
Topping:
- 1 egg white
- 2 tbsp caster sugar
Method:
- Line a baking tray with parchment and pre-heat the oven.
- Put the butter and sugar into a mixing bowl and beat together until light and fluffy.
- Add the egg yolk, grated lemon rind and juice and beat well.
- Sieve the flour and mixed spice into the bowl and stir to combine.
- Stir in the currants.
- Roll out the dough on a floured surface to the thickness of 2x pound coins.
- Press a pastry cutter or cup through the dough to make 75mm/3”circles then gently lift them onto the prepared baking tray.
- Gather together the off cuts and re-roll to make further biscuits.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes.
- Remove the baking tray from the oven and brush the biscuits with egg white.
- Sprinkle caster sugar over the biscuits then return them to the oven for a further 2 minutes.
Temperature:
200°C, Fan 180°C, 400°F, Gas 6.
Recipe courtesy of Doves Farm.
The Doves Farm brand features 20 different flours, including flours made from ancient grains such as Einkorn, Emmer and KAMUT® Khorasan as well as plain white, plain wholemeal and pasta flour.
The range is certified by The Soil Association and also includes organic biscuits, incorporating 44 products in total.
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Fancy trying them?
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