Diamond biscuits
These round biscuits no doubt get their name from the coating of sparkling sugar crystals around the edge.
45K 6 3.8
Last modified on: December 30th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 50 pieces, you will need:
- 1
200 g butter - 2
80 g icing sugar - 3
20 g Vanilla sugar - 4
250 g flour - 5
100 g granulated sugar - 6
40 g beaten egg - Total weight: 690 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Resting | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27 min. | 1 hour | 20 min. | 1 hour 47 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 1 - 3 min.
Stage 2 - 4 min.
Mix until the consistency is creamy.
Stage 3 - 2 min.
Add 250 g flour.
Stage 4 - 3 min.
Beat again until evenly mixed.
Stage 5 - 3 min.
Roll the dough into a long sauusage...
Stage 6 - 1 hour
... and wrap tightly in plastic film.
Even up the cylinder by rolling with your hands on the worktop until nice and even.
Refrigerate for at least 1 hour (this can be made the day before).
Even up the cylinder by rolling with your hands on the worktop until nice and even.
Refrigerate for at least 1 hour (this can be made the day before).
Stage 7 - 2 min.
Preheat the oven to 360°F (180°C).
Put 100 g granulated sugar in a rectangular dish.
Put 100 g granulated sugar in a rectangular dish.
Stage 8 - 2 min.
Lightly dampen the sausage of dough and roll in the granulated sugar, pressing to help the crystals stick.
Stage 9 - 5 min.
Slice the dough into discs 1/4 inch (1/2 cm) thick and arrange on a baking sheet lined with a sheet of cooking parchment.
Stage 11 - 20 min.
Bake for 15-20 minutes.
Stage 12
Leave to cool on a wire rack.
Remarks
If you don't have vanilla sugar, you can add the seeds from half a vanilla pod at stage 1.
And to drink?
Keeping
Several days in an airtight tin.
Source
Based on a recipe by Gaston Lenôtre.
Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 3,183 Kcal or 13,327 Kj | 30 gr | 384 gr | 177 gr |
| 159 % | 12 % | 36 % | 27 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 461 Kcal or 1,930 Kj | 4 gr | 56 gr | 26 gr |
| 23 % | 2 % | 5 % | 4 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 64 Kcal or 268 Kj | 1 gr | 8 gr | 4 gr |
| 3 % | <1 % | 1 % | 1 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 50 pieces : 2.63 €
- Per piece : 0.05 €
Note: Be careful, these prices are only an estimate, you can consult the table of prices by ingredients used for this estimate.
This recipe uses (among others)
 | Flour: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grandma Solange's biscuits, Langoustine sabayon tart, Half-cooked chocolate cake with raspberry coulis, Cookies of the Camisards, Chocolate and matcha tea biscuits, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Toffee apple upside-down cake, Spinach Mornay, Pretzels, Loaf for "les filles'", Filet mignon with asparagus, ... All |
 | Granulated sugar: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Kouign-amann brioche, Fruit paste : Blackcurrant, Windfall apple jelly, Quince paste, Windfall apple jelly, ... All |
 | Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Walnut short bread, Walnut paste, Nanou's chocolate cake, Little Christmas biscuits, Armagnac marzipan, ... All |
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