Spicy Almond Heart Biscuits
3 hours 40 minutes
These are delicious buttery biscuits that are perfect for Christmas or Valentine's Day. They are crunchy, sweet and lightly spiced with cinnamon and aniseed.
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Ingredients
Serves: 40
- For the Biscuits
- 1 1/4 cups (155g) plain flour
- 1/2 cup (125g) caster sugar
- 25g honey
- 65g butter
- 1 egg yolk
- 1 pinch salt
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/2 teaspoon ground aniseed
- 1 teaspoon grated lemon zest
- For the Icing
- 1 egg white
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
- 1 tablespoon icing sugar
- 100g slivered almonds
Directions
Preparation:20min ›
Cook:20min ›
Extra time:3hours chilling ›
Ready in:3hours40min
- Using an electric mixer with a dough hook, knead all the biscuit ingredients into a dough. Cover and chill for 3 hours.
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Line a baking tray with baking paper.
- Cut the dough into four portions and roll them out. Cut 10 heart shaped biscuits from each and transfer to the prepared tray.
- Beat egg white until stiff and add the honey, vanilla sugar and icing sugar. Fold in almonds. Place some of the icing on each heart and smooth out.
- Bake in preheated oven for 15-20 minutes until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.
