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Little lemon biscuits

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

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Last modified on: September 14^th 2014

Keywords for this recipe:Small cakes Lemon Italian Simple

For 30 pieces, you will need:

0 1 lemon
1 300 g flour
2 11 g baking powder
3 130 g butter
4 120 g brown sugar
5 50 g caster sugar
6 1 egg
7 1 egg yolk
8 1 pinch fine (or table) salt
Total weight: 811 grams

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Time required for this recipe:

Preparation	Resting	Cooking	Start to finish
17 min.	1 hour	25 min.	1 hour 42 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 5 min.

Little lemon biscuits : Photo of step #1

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.

Little lemon biscuits : Photo of step #2

Knead in slow speed until the dough is thoroughly mixed.

Stage 3 - 1 hour

Little lemon biscuits : Photo of step #3

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.

Little lemon biscuits : Photo of step #4

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.

Little lemon biscuits : Photo of step #5

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.

Nutritional information

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
2,893 Kcal or 12,112 Kj	39 gr	406 gr	124 gr
145 %	15 %	38 %	19 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
357 Kcal or 1,495 Kj	5 gr	50 gr	15 gr
18 %	2 %	5 %	2 %

Per piece
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
96 Kcal or 402 Kj	1 gr	14 gr	4 gr
5 %	<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 30 pieces : 1.80 £
Per piece : 0.06 £

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Note : These prices are only approximate.

Source

Based on a recipe by Mamazan.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: How to seal a terrine or casserole dish, Corsican tarts, Chestnut Fudge Cupcakes, Lemon and lime cakes, Panettone, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pistachio shortbread biscuits, Spinach and hard-boiled egg gratin, Breton sablé biscuit dough, Chicken breasts in a potato crust, Roast pork with sage, cooked in a bag., ... All
	Brown sugar: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Canadian apple crumble, Caribbean upside-down cake, Chaud-froid of grapefruit, pineapple and lime custard , Chantilly rice pudding, Plum and hazelnut crumble, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Pears in red wine with blackcurrant , Confectioner's custard (Crème pâtissière, or French pastry cream), Citrus crunch, Macarons (the original French macaroons) , Apple paste, ... All

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