Lemon Biscuits
Servings 20 Biscuits
Ingredients
- 200 g Unsalted Butter
- 140 g Caster Sugar
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 Lemons Zest and Juice
- 280 g Plain Flour
- 150 g Icing Sugar
Instructions
- Stir together the butter, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and zest from 1 lemon using a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour and mix until incorporated*.
- Tip onto a floured surface, bring together into a smooth dough, then roll out, half at a time, and stamp out 5-6cm rounds. Keep re-rolling trimmings, you should get about 40 biscuits.
- Arrange on trays lined with baking parchment, cover with cling film and chill for 30 mins.
- Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Bake the biscuits for 8-12 mins until pale golden, then cool.
- Mix enough lemon juice into the icing sugar to give a runny consistency, then drizzle over the biscuits. Scatter over a bit more lemon zest and leave to set.
Notes
*using your hands will help incorporate the dough better