Toasted-flour biscuits

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 25 biscuits, you will need:

• 1 250 g flour
• 2 100 g butter
• 3 125 g caster sugar
• 4 2 Eggs
• 5 2 pinches salt
• 6 20 g beaten egg
• Total weight: 595 grams

Times:

Preparation	Cooking	Start to finish
2 hours 20 min.	25 min.	2 hours 45 min.

Step by step recipe

1	Toasting the flour Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C), if possible, without the fan. Spread 250 g flour out on a baking sheet in a thin and even layer.
2	Put in the oven for 10 minutes. Watch carefully - the flour should stay white, not take on any colour. Take out of the oven and leave to cool.
3	Make the biscuit dough Put into a food-mixer bowl: 100 g butter (cut into small pieces), 125 g caster sugar, 2 Eggs, 2 pinches salt and the toasted flour when cooled (tip this straight into the bowl).
4	Mix until the dough is evenly mixed.
5	Tip the dough out onto a large sheet of plastic film, roll it into a large "sausage" and wrap in the film. Refrigerate the dough for 2 hours or overnight.
6	Cooking Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C). Unwrap the roll of dough and slice into rounds about 1/4 inch (5 mm) thick.
7	Lay the slices on a baking sheet and glaze them.
8	Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, watching the colour carefully.
9	Leave to cool on a wire rack.

Remarks

As always with this type of biscuit, do take care not to overcook them - they should still be slightly soft.

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