03 Ilias Cleaver - Star of the week surprise biscuits
Ingredients: 350g plain four
100g self raising four 125g granulated sugar 125g butter
125g golden syrup 1 egg, lightly beaten Grated zest of 2 lemons (& some Of the juice if the dough is too dry) For the icing: 4 tablespoons of icing sugar Freshly squeezed juice from a lemon Method: • preheat oven to 170*C/350*F/ gas mark 4. • sift fours together in a mixing bowl, add the sugar & lemon zest & mix well. • Add the butter. Using just the tips of your fngers, rub together the ingredients until the mixture resembles fne breadcrumbs. • When all the butter is evenly mixed in, make a well in the centre and add the syrup and the egg. • Mix well, drawing in any of the four left at the sides of the bowl and stop as soon as a ball has formed. • Place the dough onto your clean worktop. Divide into 2 and squash the dough into 2 even-sized fat discs. Cover and chill for at least 10 minutes. • Gently roll the dough until it is 5mm thick all over and use a star cutter to cut out star shapes. • Place each star on a sheet of grease proof paper on an baking tray. • Chill the tray of stars for another 10 minutes before putting them in the oven for 10-15 minutes. • When the biscuits are evenly cooked, take them out of the oven and leave to cool on a wire rack. • While the biscuits cool, make the icing. In a small bowl gradually stir the lemon juice into the icing sugar until you have the consistency of toothpaste. • Place the icing in to a piping bag with a small nozzle ftted to the end. • Once completely cool, pipe a circle with an A in the middle and a small spot of icing on each point of the star. • Place a di f erent coloured sugar star on each of the blobs of icing
Made with FlippingBook. PDF to flipbook with ease