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Diamond biscuits

These round biscuits no doubt get their name from the coating of sparkling sugar crystals around the edge.

46K 6 3.8

Last modified on: December 30^th 2019

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For 75 pieces, you will need:

1 1 ¹⁄₃ cup butter
2 ²⁄₃ cup icing sugar
3 2 tablespoons Vanilla sugar
4 2 ½ cups flour
5 ²⁄₃ cup granulated sugar
6 ¹⁄₃ cup beaten egg

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
27 min.	1 hour	20 min.	1 hour 47 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Put into a mixer bowl: 1 ¹⁄₃ cup butter, ²⁄₃ cup icing sugar and 2 tablespoons Vanilla sugar.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Mix until the consistency is creamy.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Add 2 ½ cups flour.

Stage 4 - 3 min.

Beat again until evenly mixed.

Stage 5 - 3 min.

Roll the dough into a long sauusage...

Stage 6 - 1 hour

... and wrap tightly in plastic film.

Even up the cylinder by rolling with your hands on the worktop until nice and even.
Refrigerate for at least 1 hour (this can be made the day before).

Stage 7 - 2 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Put ²⁄₃ cup granulated sugar in a rectangular dish.

Stage 8 - 2 min.

Lightly dampen the sausage of dough and roll in the granulated sugar, pressing to help the crystals stick.

Stage 9 - 5 min.

Slice the dough into discs 1/4 inch (1/2 cm) thick and arrange on a baking sheet lined with a sheet of cooking parchment.

Stage 10 - 3 min.

Use a brush to glaze the tops of the biscuits.

Stage 11 - 20 min.

Bake for 15-20 minutes.

Stage 12

Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

If you don't have vanilla sugar, you can add the seeds from half a vanilla pod at stage 1.

And to drink?

Keeping

Several days in an airtight tin.

Source

Based on a recipe by Gaston Lenôtre.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,774 Kcal or 19,988 Kj	45 gr	577 gr	265 gr
239 %	17 %	54 %	40 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
461 Kcal or 1,930 Kj	4 gr	56 gr	26 gr
23 %	2 %	5 %	4 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
64 Kcal or 268 Kj	1 gr	8 gr	4 gr
3 %	<1 %	1 %	1 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

Possible allergens in this recipe: Milk, Gluten, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 75 pieces : 3.94 €
Per piece : 0.05 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: "Moelleux" cake batter, Invisible apple cake, Rum babas, Arlesian Biscuits, Wiener Schnitzel, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fillet of pollack cooked in two stages, Plum and hazelnut crumble, Hamburger buns, Caramelized apple rice pudding, Quail egg canapés, ... All
	Granulated sugar: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Kouign-amann brioche, Fruit paste : Blackcurrant, Quince paste, Galette Charentaise, Windfall apple jelly, ... All
	Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nanou's chocolate cake, Coconut tuiles, Coconut "croute à thé", Almond cream or frangipane, Arlesian Biscuits, ... All

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