Shrewsbury Biscuits Food

SHREWSBURY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Cream the butter and sugar, add the egg and rind and then beat well.
• Add the sifted flour and baking powder.
• Knead, roll out and cut into rounds.
• Make a small hole[just under 1 cm diameter] in the centre of every second biscuit.
• Bake 15-20 minutes at 350 deg F.
• When cold, put the biscuits together with raspberry jam.

SHREWSBURY BISCUITS

Steps:

• rub the butter into the flour.
• then mix in all other dry ingredients.
• gradually beat in the egg.
• roll out until 1/2 cm thick and then cut to your preferred shape.
• put on a greased tray to bake in a pre heated oven at gas mark 5/180 degrees until golden brown.
• place on a cooling rack to cool down.
• if you want to decorate it.

SHREWSBURY BISCUITS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 180 C/350 F/160 FAN/Gas 4 and Line 2 baking trays with baking parchment.
• In a large bowl, cream together the butter and sugar until well combined, pale and soft.
• Beat in the egg yolks thoroughly, one at a time.
• Add the flour and lemon zest to the bowl and stir to combine the mixture.
• Use your hands to bring the mixture together into a ball in the bowl.
• Sprinkle a little flour on a work surface and knead the dough briefly.
• Roll out the dough to half a centimetre or a quarter of an inch thick.
• Use a cutter around 7.5 centimetres or 3 inch to cut 16 shapes
• Bake the biscuits for 15 minutes until golden.
• Leave the biscuits to cool on the trays for a couple of minutes then transfer to a rack to cool.