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Grandma Solange's biscuits

Name: Grandma Solange's biscuits
Prep time: 24 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 44 min
Yield: 25 biscuits
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 100 g butter; 125 g caster sugar; 250 g flour; 2 eggs; Whole almonds

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

83 K 4.1/5 (22 reviews)573568

Duration

45 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: November 12^th 2014

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

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

Times for this recipe

Preparation

25 min.

Cooking

20 min.

All in all

45 min.

Preparation 25 min.

Cooking 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 3 min.

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.

Add 250 g flour and 2 eggs.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 4 min.

Beat until thooughly mixed.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 15 min.

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

Stage 5

Place an almond on the top of each heap.

Stage 6 - ⌛ 20 min.

And bake for about 15 minutes.

Stage 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.

Source: Grandma Solange.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	6 g RDI=10 %	53 g RDI=20 %	16 g RDI=23 %	392 kcal RDI=20 %	1,644 kJ RDI=20 %
Per biscuits	1 g RDI=2 %	12 g RDI=5 %	3 g RDI=5 %	90 kcal RDI=5 %	378 kJ RDI=5 %
Whole recipe	35 g RDI=55 %	310 g RDI=117 %	97 g RDI=133 %	2,257 kcal RDI=113 %	9,452 kJ RDI=113 %