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Grandma Solange's biscuits

These biscuits are very simple to make and delicious with tea or coffee. They are easy enough for children to enjoy making them.

27,9174.1/5 for 19 ratings

Last modified on: November 12^th 2014

For 25 biscuits, you will need:

1 100 g butter
2 125 g caster sugar
3 250 g flour
4 2 eggs
5 whole almonds
Total weight: 575 grams

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Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
24 min.	20 min.	44 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 3 min.

Grandma Solange's biscuits : Photo of step #1

Preheat the oven to 390°F (200°C).

Put 100 g butter and 125 g caster sugar into a food-mixer bowl.

Mix on slow speed until evenly mixed.

Stage 2 - 2 min.

Grandma Solange's biscuits : Photo of step #2

Add 250 g flour and 2 eggs.

Stage 3 - 4 min.

Grandma Solange's biscuits : Photo of step #3

Beat until thooughly mixed.

Stage 4 - 15 min.

Grandma Solange's biscuits : Photo of step #4

Shape the mixture into into small heaps using 2 teaspoons, well spaced out on a baking sheet.

Stage 5

Grandma Solange's biscuits : Photo of step #5

Place an almond on the top of each heap.

Stage 6 - 20 min.

Grandma Solange's biscuits : Photo of step #6

And bake for about 15 minutes.

Stage 7

Grandma Solange's biscuits : Photo of step #7

Watch carefully towards the end of the cooking time: they are done when the edges are browned.

Leave to cool before eating.

Remarks

These small biscuits are the equivalent of Proust's madeleine for me: I can't make them without finding myself back, in my thoughts, in that (distant, very distant) time when I was about ten years old.

Nutritional information

% 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 biscuits : 5.91 €
Per biscuits : 0.24 €

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Source

Grandma Solange.

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