Portuguese Simple Lemon Biscuits Food

PORTUGUESE BISCOITOS RECIPE (TRADITIONAL BISCUIT COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper, and lightly flour a clean cutting board or work surface.
• In the bowl of a standmixer, add the butter, and sugar. Cream until light and fluffy.
• Whisk the flour, salt, and baking powder; set aside. Add the eggs, extracts, and milk and mix until combined.
• Turn down the mixer speed and slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients. The dough should form a ball on the paddle. If it is too dry add 1 tablespoon of additional milk. If it is overly stick add one tablespoon of flour until it is workable.
• Remove the dough from the stand mixer and knead on the floured workspace. The dough should be the consistency of play dough.
• I used a tablespoon-sized cookie scoop to scoop out tablespoon-sized balls.
• On the floured work space, roll on dough with the palms of your hand to create a 5 inch "snake". Bring together the ends to form a ring. Place cookies 1 inch apart of the baking sheet.
• These cookies bake for 18-20 minutes to get toasty deep golden-brown bottoms and tan golden-brown top surfaces. *See images
• Cool cookies for ten minutes before removing and baking the next batch. Repeat the process until all cookies are done.
• Cooled cookies can be stored in an airtight container for up to 2 weeks time.

EASY PORTUGUESE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C).
• In a medium bowl, stir together the cornstarch and white sugar. Add the butter and cream well. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Combine the flour and baking powder; stir into the sugar mixture until a dough forms. On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thickness and cut into desired shapes with cookie cutters. Place cookies 1 inch apart onto an unprepared cookie sheet.
• Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, until cookies are golden brown at the edges. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.

AVô'S BISCOITOS (PORTUGUESE BISCOTTI/COOKIES)

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F
• Line baking sheets with parchment paper.
• Cream together butter and sugar until light in color and fluffy in texture.
• Do not undercream or overcream. (Undercreamed butter/sugar looks yellow and dense. Overcreamed butter/sugar looks white and greasy.).
• Add eggs, mixing until blended.
• In a separate bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder.
• Add flour mixture to creamed mixture, stirring until combined.
• If dough seems dry or flakey, knead slightly.
• Scoop up ping-pong ball sized dollops of dough.
• Roll between your hands to form a 5-inch long "snake", even throughout the length.
• (if dough is too sticky to handle at this point, you will need to add a small amount of flour to the dough to make it workable).
• Brings ends of the "snake" together, slightly folding one end over the other, to form a donut-shape with a small hole in the middle.
• Place cookies 1-2 inches apart on prepared baking sheets.
• Bake 15-18 minutes, or until golden brown.
• Let rest on baking sheet 2 minutes before transferring to rack to cool.
• Enjoy!

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.

PORTUGUESE ORANGE BISCUITS (BISCOITS DE LARANJA

Steps:

• 1. IN A MEDIUM bowl,sift together the flour,baking powder ,baking soda,and salt.SET IT ASIDE
• 2. USING the high speed of an electric mixer ,or by hand ,beat the sugar with 1 cup of the butter in a large bowl until smooth. MIX in the eggs ,One egg at time,alternating with the orange juice,and blending well after each egg. THE texture will look muddled,not smooth and emulsified.
• 3. Fold the flour mixture, then knead Briefly in the bowl for about 3 minutes.
• 4. LIGHTLY grease your hands with some of the remaining butter.ROLL a quarter- sized piece of dough into a 1/2 inch diameter rope about 5 inches long. Shape into a coil (THESE CAN ALSO BE MADE INTO A TWIST by folding the length of rolled dough in half,then twisting a few times. This shape produces a crisper cookie) REPEAT with the remaining dough.
• 5. ( 5) PLACE on parchment-lined or lightly greased baking sheets1 1/2 inches apart and brush with egg wash,and sprinkle with orange zest,or crystal orange sugar. BAKE for 15 to 20 minutes or until the bottom is LIGHTLY BROWNED and the top is light golden color, or for a Crisper cookie, bake a few minutes longer until a rich gold color.
• 6. Enjoy it and share and making more memories .This cookies can also be kept in plastic tight container for up to 3 to 4 weeks.
• 7. Children big and small love biscoits festively for special occasions,or at holidays.

LEMON BISCUITS

Steps:

• preheat oven to 180/gas 4
• mix flour, bicarbonate soda caster sugar,brownsugar+ salt in the food processor till combined
• Add melted butter,zest+lemon juice and pulse till soft dough, then place in fridge to chill for 30minutes before rolling into 30 balls
• Place biscuits on greased trays,flatten slightly+bake for 10-12 minutes till golden