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Diamond biscuits

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

31K 6 3.8

Last modified on: December 30^th 2019

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For 25 pieces, you will need:

1 100 g butter
2 40 g icing sugar
3 10 g Vanilla sugar
4 125 g flour
5 50 g granulated sugar
6 20 g beaten egg
Total weight: 345 grams

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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: 100 g butter, 40 g icing sugar and 10 g Vanilla sugar.

Stage 2 - 4 min.

Mix until the consistency is creamy.

Stage 3 - 2 min.

Add 125 g 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 50 g 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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
1,591 Kcal or 6,661 Kj	15 gr	192 gr	88 gr
80 %	6 %	18 %	13 %

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).

How much will it cost?

For 25 pieces : 1.31 €
Per piece : 0.05 €

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Source

Based on a recipe by Gaston Lenôtre.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Fresh pasta dough, Soft apple cookies, Rolled chestnut and apple brioche, Panettone, Spinach and Comté Loaf, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio shortbread biscuits, Plum and hazelnut crumble, Hollandaise sauce, Cauliflower and chickpea purée, Cigarettes Russes (Piroulines), ... All
	Granulated sugar: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Galette Charentaise, Quince paste, Kouign-amann brioche, Windfall apple jelly, Windfall apple jelly, ... All
	Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Amaretti, Linzer torte, Calissons, Clementine Chantilly, Royal icing, ... All

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