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Christmas Spiced Biscuits Blend
With their warming mix of spices including nutmeg and cloves - as well as a pinch of heat from cayenne pepper - these lovely biscuits are easy to make and a joy to eat (kids will enjoy cutting and decorating them!) and can be hung around the house or on the tree.
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With their warming mix of spices including nutmeg and cloves - as well as a pinch of heat from cayenne pepper - these lovely biscuits are easy to make and a joy to eat (kids will enjoy cutting and decorating them!) and can be hung around the house or on the tree.
CHRISTMAS BISCUIT BLEND (1 portion = 2 tbsp): ginger, cassia, mace, nutmeg, cloves, allspice, cayenne chilli
May contain CELERY, MUSTARD and SESAME. Allergens are listed in CAPITALS
Christmas Spiced Biscuits Recipe:
PREP 5 mins
COOK 40 mins
HEAT 1
Makes 16
You Need:
1 lemon - zested then halved for juicing
70g butter - softened
4 tbsp milk (any type)
1 egg yolk
2 tbsp treacle, honey or golden syrup
80g sugar (light muscavado is best)
150g icing sugar
250g plain flour
½ tsp bicarbonate of soda
1 portion of CHRISTMAS BISCUIT BLEND
Method:
Preheat the oven to 180°C/gas mark 4
Beat the butter with the treacle and sugar until smooth and lighter in colour
Add the milk, egg yolk, flour, bicarbonate of soda, CHRISTMAS BISCUIT BLEND and a big pinch of salt then mix to a smooth rollable dough
Roll out the dough to a thickness of about 5mm and cut into Christmassy shapes. Place on a parchment-lined baking tray and bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown then leave on a rack to cool
Mix the icing sugar with the juice and zest of the lemon to make a thick icing (adding an extra splash of water or more icing sugar if necessary)
Dip each biscuit in the lemon icing then leave to dry on a rack for 30 minutes
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