Lemon Egg Biscuits Food

EASY LEMON BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 190°c (170 fan/ 375F/ Gas 5) and line a large baking tray with baking paper.
• Cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
• Beat in the egg, lemon zest (from 2 lemons) and the lemon juice from just 1 of the lemons.
• Stir in the flour and baking powder and mix to form a dough. If the mixture is a little dry add more lemon juice (from the second lemon) and mix and continue to do this until a smooth dough forms. Use your hands to bring the dough together in the bowl.
• Cover the bowl with clingfilm and chill the dough in the fridge for 15 minutes.
• Take tablespoons of the dough and roll into balls. Place on the baking sheet (you should get about 20 cookies). Flatten down slightly with the back of a spoon.
• Bake in the oven for 15 minutes. Take out of the oven and flatten down again with the back of a spoon. These biscuits do not spread and are meant to be thick, round and bitesize.
• Once cool sift over the icing sugar and serve!

NONNA'S LEMON RICOTTA BISCUITS

Steps:

• Line 12 muffin cups with paper liners. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Whisk the flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl to blend. Using an electric mixer, beat 1 cup sugar, butter, and lemon zest in a large bowl until light and fluffy. Beat in the ricotta. Beat in the egg, lemon juice, and almond extract. Add the dry ingredients and stir just until blended (the batter will be thick and fluffy).
• Divide the batter among the prepared muffin cups. Sprinkle the almonds and then the remaining 1 teaspoon of sugar over the muffins. Bake until the muffins just become pale golden on top, about 20 minutes. Cool slightly. Serve warm or at room temperature.

LEMON AND SUGAR MINI BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a large bowl, combine the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder, salt and baking soda and whisk well to combine. Next, add the butter and lemon zest and combine the mixture with a fork until coarse crumbles are created. Add the buttermilk and mix until just combined. Make a disk with the dough and cover in plastic wrap. Chill for 15 minutes.
• Dust a cutting board with flour. Roll out the dough to about 3/4-inch thickness. Cut the biscuits with a 1 1/2-inch floured cookie cutter, juice glass or something similar. Reroll the remaining dough and continue making biscuits.
• Place the biscuits on the prepared baking sheet. Brush the tops with the beaten egg and sprinkle with the raw sugar. Bake until golden brown, about 15 minutes.

ANGINETTI (ITALIAN EGG BISCUITS) RECIPE - (4/5)

Steps:

• Sift together the flour baking powder and salt onto a piece of wax paper. In a large mixing bowl beat together the sugar and the shortening until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time until blended. Beat in the milk and the lemon juice, occasionally scraping the sides of the bowl. Holding on to the wax paper like a funnel, add the dry ingredients into the mixer. Mix until well blended. The dough should be soft and sticky. Cover the bowl with plastic wrap. Chill at least 2 hours or overnight. Preheat the oven to 350 F. Line two large baking sheets with parchment. Spray lightly with cooking spray. Using a medium scoop, about 2 tablespoons, place dough on baking sheet about an inch apart from each other. Bake 12 minutes. These should not brown. Let cookies rest 5 minutes in the pan. Transfer to rack to cool completely. To make the glaze, combine the confectioner's sugar and lemon juice in a small bowl. Stir in water 1 teaspoon at a time until glaze has the consistency of heavy cream. Dip the top of the cookies into the glaze. Sprinkle with jimmies (sprinkles) if desired. Place on rack to dry. Store in air tight container or fridge.

LEMON BISCUITS

Steps:

• Stir together the butter, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and zest from 1 lemon using a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour - you might need to get your hands in at the end. Tip onto a floured surface, bring together into a smooth dough, then roll out, half at a time, and stamp out 5-6cm rounds. Keep re-rolling trimmings, you should get about 40 biscuits. Arrange on trays lined with baking parchment, cover with cling film and chill for 30 mins.
• Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Bake the biscuits for 8-12 mins until pale golden, then cool. Once cool, spread half the biscuits with a little lemon curd and top with a second biscuit. Arrange the biscuits on wire racks over trays. Mix enough lemon juice into the icing sugar to give a runny consistency, then drizzle over the biscuits. Scatter over a bit more lemon zest and leave to set.

CITRUS EGG YOLK COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease or line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Beat sugar and butter together in a bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat egg yolks, vanilla extract, lemon extract, and orange extract together in another bowl. Add egg yolk mixture to butter mixture; beat well.
• Sift flour, baking soda, and cream of tartar together in a bowl. Stir flour mixture into butter mixture until dough is well-blended. Roll dough into walnut-size balls and place on prepared baking sheets. Press dough balls to slightly flatten.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden around the edges and set, 8 to 10 minutes.

LEMON CURRANT BISCUITS

Steps:

• Cream butter and sugar.
• Add egg and mix well.
• Add grated lemon rind and dry ingredients.
• Add currants.
• Roll teaspoonfuls of mixture into balls and place on lightly greased baking tray.
• Press balls lightly with fork.
• (dip fork in flour and shake off excess).
• Bake 180'-190'C (Gas mark 4) for about 15-20 minutes- or until they are just slightly golden in colour- not browned.

LEMON BISCUITS

Steps:

• In a medium mixing bowl stir together flour, sugar, baking powder,
• lemon peel, baking soda, and salt. Using a pastry blender, cut in
• shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Make a well in the
• center of dry mixture. In a small mixing bowl combine the buttermilk
• and mayonnaise or Miracle Whip , add to dry mixture all at once.
• Using a fork, stir just until moistened.
• Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Quickly knead
• dough by folding and pressing gently for 10 to 12 strokes or until the
• dough is nearly smooth. Pat or lightly roll dough to 1/2-inch thickness.
• Cut dough with a floured 2-1/2-inch biscuit cutter, dipping the cutter
• into flour between cuts.
• Place biscuits 1 inch apart on an unerased baking sheet. Bake in a
• 450 degree F. oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until golden. Remove the
• biscuits from the baking sheet and cool slightly. If desired, drizzle
• Lemon Glaze over the biscuits just before serving. Serve warm. Makes
• 10 to 12 biscuits.
• Lemon Glaze: In a mixing bowl stir together 1 cup sifted powdered
• sugar, 1 tablespoon milk, 1/2 teaspoon finely shredded lemon peel,
• and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla. Stir in additional milk, 1 teaspoon at a time,
• until glaze is smooth and of drizzling consistency.

LEMON BISCUITS

Steps:

• To make the biscuits, use a stand mixer or electric hand-held whisk to cream the butter, sugar and lemon zest together for 2-3 minutes until pale and creamy. Add the egg yolk and beat for another minute to combine. Tip in the flour and custard powder. Mix on a low speed until just combined and the mixture starts to clump. Use your hands to bring the dough together into a ball.
• Turn the dough out onto a sheet of baking paper and cover it with another sheet of baking paper. Use a rolling pin to roll the dough into a large rectangle about 3-4 mm thick. Place the sheet of dough in the fridge to chill for 1 hour or until completely firm.
• Preheat the oven to 180C/160C Fan/Gas 4 and line two baking trays with baking paper. Remove the dough from the fridge and use a sharp knife to trim away any rough edges. Cut the dough into rectangles about 3x7cm/1¼x2¾in.
• Place the biscuits on the prepared trays approximately 2cm/¾in apart, as they will expand while cooking. Bake for 14-16 minutes until the edges just start to brown. Leave to cool on the trays while you make the filling.
• To make the filling, beat the butter and icing sugar together on a medium-high speed for 3-5 minutes until very pale and creamy. Add in 2 tablespoons lemon curd and mix briefly to combine.
• Spread the remaining lemon curd across half of the biscuits and spoon or pipe the filling on the other halves. Sandwich the biscuits together and serve.

LEMON EGG BISCUITS

Steps:

• Measure flour into a large bowl, making a well in the center; Add all ingredients into the well. Mix until smooth. (batter will be sticky; add a little milk until you have the correct consistency and all incorporated).
• Flour hands and roll into small balls.
• Place on lightly greased cookie sheet approximately 1/2-inch apart.
• Bake at 325 degrees for 12-15 minutes.
• Cool thouroughly on wire racks and frost. You may sprinkle sugared candy on top, if you wish.

LEMON MYRTLE BISCUITS (COOKIES)

Steps:

• Cream together sugar and butter.
• Add the eggs one at a time.
• Mix together the sifted flour and Lemon Myrtle.
• Once the eggs are combined stir in the flour and Lemon Myrtle mix until combined. Do not over mix the dough.
• Roll dough mixute into small balls about the size of a walnut. Place on to greased biscuit baking trays.
• With a floured fork, press each ball slightly.
• Bake in a moderate oven for 12 to 15 minutes or until golden brown.
• Cool on a tray.
• Store in an airtight container.