Cherry Almond Biscuits
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1 hour 45 minutes
Almonds and cherries are a great combination. These simple biscuits only to 15 minutes to cook but you have to chill the dough first.
Lisa
2 people made this
Ingredients
Serves: 40
- Biscuit
- 1/3 cup (90g) caster sugar
- 200g butter
- 300g plain flour
- 1 egg
- Topping
- 1/3 cup (90g) caster sugar
- 30g butter
- 1/2 cup (125ml) cream
- 100g slivered almonds
- 2 tablespoons diced cherries
Directions
Preparation:30min ›
Cook:15min ›
Extra time:1hour chilling ›
Ready in:1hour45min
- Biscuit: Knead all biscuit ingredients into a dough then wrap in foil and chill for 1 hour.
- Grease a baking tray and dust with flour. Roll the dough out very thin (2mm), lay on the tray and prick with a fork.
- Topping: Put the sugar into a saucepan and brown slightly over a low heat. Remove from the heat then stir in the butter and cream. Mix in the almonds and cherries then spread the topping over the biscuit base.
- Preheat oven to 200 degrees C and bake for about 15 minutes. While still warm cut in diamonds or rectangles.
