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Little lemon biscuits

Name: Little lemon biscuits
Prep time: 1 h 17 min
Cook time: 25 min
Total time: 1 h 42 min
Yield: 30 pieces
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1 lemon; 300 g flour; 11 g baking powder; 130 g butter; 120 g brown sugar; 50 g caster sugar; 1 egg; 1 egg yolk; 1 pinch fine (or table) salt

These small, lemon-flavoured biscuits are very easy to make and are inspired by the Italian "biscotti al limone".

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Duration

1 hour 45 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: September 14^th 2014

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 30 pieces, you will need:

1 1 lemon
2 300 g flour
3 11 g baking powder
4 130 g butter
5 120 g brown sugar
6 50 g caster sugar
7 1 egg
8 1 egg yolk
9 1 pinch fine (or table) salt
Total weight: 815 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

20 min.

Resting

1 hour

Cooking

25 min.

All in all

1 hour 45 min.

Preparation 20 min.

Resting 1 hour

Cooking 25 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Put into a food-processor bowl: 300 g flour, 11 g baking powder*, 130 g butter, 120 g brown sugar, 50 g caster sugar, 1 egg, 1 egg yolk and 1 pinch fine (or table) salt.

Add the zest of 1 lemon.

*Beware! This amount is for French baking powder, which is twice as strong as British! If you are using British baking powder, use 22g.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Knead in slow speed until the dough is thoroughly mixed.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 1 hour

Roll the dough into a cylinder and wrap in plastic film. Leave to rest in the fridge for 1 hour or overnight.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 7 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Slice the roll of dough fairly thinly. You can leave the slices in their rather squashed shape (like in the photos), or push them back into circles with your fingers.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 25 min.

Bake until the biscuits are golden (about 20-30 minutes).

Remarks

You can vary the flavour of these biscuits by using different citrus zest (orange, grapefruit, etc.).

Keeping: Several days in an airtight tin.

Source: Based on a recipe by Mamazan.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	4 g RDI=7 %	50 g RDI=19 %	15 g RDI=21 %	356 kcal RDI=18 %	1,494 kJ RDI=18 %
Per piece	1 g RDI=2 %	13 g RDI=5 %	4 g RDI=6 %	96 kcal RDI=5 %	404 kJ RDI=5 %
Whole recipe	38 g RDI=60 %	405 g RDI=153 %	123 g RDI=170 %	2,893 kcal RDI=145 %	12,113 kJ RDI=145 %