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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.

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Last modified on: November 12^th 2014

Keywords for this recipe:Biscuits Small cakes Granny Grandma

For 50 biscuits, you will need:

1 200 g butter
2 250 g caster sugar
3 500 g flour
4 4 eggs
5 whole almonds
Total weight: 1,150 grams

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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 200 g butter and 250 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 500 g flour and 4 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

Whole recipe
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
4,515 Kcal or 18,903 Kj	71 gr	621 gr	194 gr
226 %	27 %	59 %	29 %

Per 100 g
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
393 Kcal or 1,645 Kj	6 gr	54 gr	17 gr
20 %	2 %	5 %	3 %

Per biscuits
Energetic value	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats
90 Kcal or 377 Kj	1 gr	12 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 50 biscuits : 2.71 €
Per biscuits : 0.05 €

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Source

Grandma Solange.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Cashew-nut and Parmesan biscuits, Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake), Fish in a sesame crust, Cigarettes Russes (Piroulines), Cornmeal baps for Anne, ... All
	Caster sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Tarte Normande, Little lemon biscuits, Galette Charentaise, Gravlax, Chocolate and vanilla crème brûlée, ... All
	Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Sweetcrust pastry (pâte sablée), Chocolate muffins, Potatoes with bacon and herbs, Cramique, Pear, grapefruit and pistachio tart, ... All
	Egg: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Almond cream or frangipane, Small ratatouille with , Salmon and spinach quiche, New tiramisu, Filo leeks and cheese tart, ... All

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