Lemon Butter Biscuits
Lemon butter biscuits, delicious melt in the mouth lemon cookies fragrant with lemon. A simple bake and the perfect afternoon tea treat.
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Servings: 20 biscuits
Calories: 110kcal
Ingredients
- 100 g caster sugar
- 130 g unsalted butter (block of butter only - at room temperature)
- 3 zest of lemons (finely grated)
- pinch of salt
- 1 large free-range egg
- 200 g plain flour
Instructions
- Place the sugar, butter, lemon zest and salt in a large mixing bowl and cream together until light and fluffy.
- Add in a beaten egg and stir well to combine, before adding the flour and mixing to a stiff dough.
- Place the dough on a sheet of baking paper, it will be a little sticky. Use the baking paper to help you to form the shape of a log. Roll into a biscuit sized oblong shape, approximately 5cm in diameter and wrap up in the baking paper.
- Place the dough in the fridge for 1-2 hours, until it has formed a solid block that you can slice. Or store in fridge overnight if preparing in advance.
- When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 180CFan/200C and line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Once the oven is up to temperature, remove the dough from the fridge, discard the baking paper and cut the dough into 1cm slices. Place the biscuits onto the lined baking tray.
- Place the tray into the hot oven and bake the biscuits for 10 minutes until lightly golden. Once baked place the biscuits on a wire rack to cool.
Notes
DO NOT use margarine or spreadable butter in this recipe as it will not set the dough. You need to use a block of butter if you want to achieve a stiff dough that you can roll into a log.
DO NOT take the dough out of the fridge until the oven is up to temperature. You want the dough to be cold so that the biscuits hold their shape and don't spread too much when baking in the oven.
These simple biscuits are easily adapted to incorporate other flavours. Replace the lemon zest with orange for an orange flavoured biscuit. Add chocolate drops to the butter mixture and created chocolate chip biscuits.
The dough also freezes really well. Once you have made the dough, roll into an oblong and cut into 1cm slices. Place the slices in a single layer in a box, place a sheet of baking parchment between biscuits if freezing more than one layer. Take out and cook from frozen, simply increase the cooking time by 2-4 minutes.
Nutrition Facts
Lemon Butter Biscuits
Amount Per Serving
Calories 110
Calories from Fat 54
% Daily Value*
Fat 6g9%
Saturated Fat 3g19%
Cholesterol 22mg7%
Sodium 4mg0%
Potassium 36mg1%
Carbohydrates 14g5%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 5g6%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 178IU4%
Vitamin C 9mg11%
Calcium 9mg1%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
• Please note that the nutrition information provided above is approximate and meant as a guideline only •
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