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Buckwheat almond biscuits

In this sweet biscuit recipe, some of the normal wheat flour is replaced with buckwheat flour and ground almonds. This gives them a very distinctive flavour.

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Last modified on: October 7^th 2015

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For 50 pieces, you will need:

1 200 g buckwheat flour
2 130 g caster sugar
3 120 g butter
4 50 g flour
5 20 g ground almonds
6 2 Eggs
7 5 g baking powder
Total weight: 625 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
2 hours 20 min.	20 min.	2 hours 40 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Put into a food-mixer bowl: 200 g buckwheat flour, 130 g caster sugar, 120 g butter, 50 g flour, 20 g ground almonds, 2 Eggs and 5 g baking powder.

Stage 2 - 5 min.

Mix until the dough is evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - 2 hours

Gather the dough into a flat cake and wrap with plastic film. Leave in the fridge to rest for 2 hours, or overnight.

Stage 4 - 4 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough about 1/4 inch (1/2 cm) thick.

Stage 5 - 6 min.

Cut out circles, with a cutter if you have one, 1.5 inches (4 cm)in diameter...

Stage 6

...and arrange on a baking sheet as you go.

Stage 7 - 20 min.

Bake for about 20 minutes, but be careful not to overcook them. They should still be slightly soft when they come out of the oven.

Remarks

This short dough can also be used to make an original tart case.

Keeping

Several days in an airtight tin.

Source

Home made.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,555 Kcal or 10,697 Kj	42 gr	312 gr	127 gr
128 %	16 %	29 %	19 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
409 Kcal or 1,712 Kj	7 gr	50 gr	20 gr
20 %	3 %	5 %	3 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
51 Kcal or 214 Kj	1 gr	6 gr	3 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, Nuts, Egg

How much will it cost?

For 50 pieces : 2.14 €
Per piece : 0.04 €

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This recipe uses (among others)

	Buckwheat flour: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Buckwheat pancakes, Soup Cornouaillaise, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Household cake (Gâteau de ménage), Nonettes, Pistachio tiramisu, Crème brulée, Amandier (gluten-free almond cake), ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Kouign-amann brioche, Chestnut moelleux, Poppy seed and lemon cake, Potato gratin, Fish in a sesame crust, ... All
	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sandwich bread, Chocolate and matcha tea biscuits, How to succeed in making sabayon (syllabub), Muffin dough, Household cake (Gâteau de ménage), ... All

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