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Prep Time: 40 Minutes Cook Time: 42 Minutes |
Ready In: 82 Minutes Servings: 15 |
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Christmas cookie.... Ingredients:
125 g butter, softened |
3/4 cup caster sugar |
1 egg |
2 teaspoons finely grated lemons, zest of |
2 cups flour |
1 cup icing sugar |
2 teaspoons butter, softened |
1 tablespoon lemon juice |
boiling water (to mix) |
silver cachous (to decorate) |
Directions:
1. Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
2. Add egg and lemon zest.
3. Beat well.
4. Sift flour.
5. Stir into creamed mixture, mixing to a soft dough.
6. Shape dough into a ball.
7. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
8. Roll dough out on a floured surface to a thickness of 5mm.
9. Using a star shaped cutter, stamp out shapes.
10. Place on greased oven trays.
11. Bake at 180C degrees for 12 minutes until lightly golden.
12. Cool on wire racks.
13. -Icing-.
14. Sift icing sugar in a bowl.
15. Mix in butter and lemon juice.
16. Add just enough water to achieve a spreadable consistency.
17. When biscuits are cold, spread with lemon icing and decorate with the cachous.
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