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Buckwheat almond biscuits

Name: Buckwheat almond biscuits
Prep time: 2 h 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 2 h 40 min
Yield: 50 pieces
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 200 g buckwheat flour; 130 g caster sugar; 120 g butter; 50 g flour; 20 g ground almonds; 2 eggs; 5 g baking powder

In this sweet biscuit recipe, some of the normal wheat flour is replaced with buckwheat flour and ground almonds. This gives them a very distinctive flavour.

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Duration

2 hours 40 min.

Difficulty

Easy

Last modified on: October 7^th 2015

Step by step recipe Ingredients Duration Nutritional facts Cost Comments

For 50 pieces, you will need:

1 200 g buckwheat flour
2 130 g caster sugar
3 120 g butter
4 50 g flour
5 20 g ground almonds
6 2 eggs
7 5 g baking powder
Total weight: 625 grams

Times for this recipe

Preparation

2 hours 20 min.

Cooking

20 min.

All in all

2 hours 40 min.

Preparation 2 hours 20 min.

Cooking 20 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - ⌛ 5 min.

Put into a food-mixer bowl: 200 g buckwheat flour, 130 g caster sugar, 120 g butter, 50 g flour, 20 g ground almonds, 2 eggs and 5 g baking powder.

Stage 2 - ⌛ 5 min.

Mix until the dough is evenly mixed.

Stage 3 - ⌛ 2 hours

Gather the dough into a flat cake and wrap with plastic film. Leave in the fridge to rest for 2 hours, or overnight.

Stage 4 - ⌛ 4 min.

Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).

Use a rolling pin to roll out the dough about 1/4 inch (1/2 cm) thick.

Stage 5 - ⌛ 6 min.

Cut out circles, with a cutter if you have one, 1.5 inches (4 cm)in diameter...

Stage 6

...and arrange on a baking sheet as you go.

Stage 7 - ⌛ 20 min.

Bake for about 20 minutes, but be careful not to overcook them. They should still be slightly soft when they come out of the oven.

Remarks

This short dough can also be used to make an original tart case.

Keeping: Several days in an airtight tin.

Source: Home made.

Nutritional information

	Proteins	Carbohydrates	Fats	Calories	Energy
Per 100 g	6 g RDI=10 %	49 g RDI=19 %	20 g RDI=28 %	408 kcal RDI=20 %	1,712 kJ RDI=20 %
Per piece	0 g	6 g RDI=2 %	2 g RDI=3 %	51 kcal RDI=3 %	214 kJ RDI=3 %
Whole recipe	41 g RDI=64 %	311 g RDI=118 %	126 g RDI=174 %	2,555 kcal RDI=128 %	10,699 kJ RDI=128 %