Diamond biscuits
These round biscuits no doubt get their name from the coating of sparkling sugar crystals around the edge.
48K 3.8/5 based on 6 reviews
Last modified on: December 30th 2019
Keywords for this recipe:For 50 pieces, you will need:
- 1
1 cup butter - 2
½ cup icing sugar - 3
1 ½ tablespoon Vanilla sugar - 4
1 2⁄3 cup flour - 5
½ cup granulated sugar - 6
0 kg 3 g beaten egg
How long will 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 1 2⁄3 cup 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 ½ cup granulated sugar in a rectangular dish.
Put ½ cup 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 |
| 3,285 Kcal or 13,754 Kj | 33 gr | 465 gr | 179 gr |
| 164 % | 13 % | 44 % | 27 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 476 Kcal or 1,993 Kj | 5 gr | 67 gr | 26 gr |
| 24 % | 2 % | 6 % | 4 % |
| Per piece | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 66 Kcal or 276 Kj | 1 gr | 9 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: Poppy seed and lemon cake, Lemon and lime cakes, Toasted-flour biscuits, Hollandaise sauce, Flamiche, ... All |
 | Butter: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Grandma Solange's biscuits, Gâteau Breton (Brittany butter cake), Salmon chard rolls, Spinach and cauliflower with sesame béchamel sauce, Cabbage julienne with ham, ... All |
 | Granulated sugar: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Quince paste, Kouign-amann brioche, Fruit paste : Blackcurrant, Galette Charentaise, Candied grapefruit peel, ... All |
 | Icing sugar: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Hazelnut and orange cake, Santiago Cake, How to make marzipan decorations, Coconut paste, Little Christmas biscuits, ... All |
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