Easter Biscuits

 

Easter Biscuits for Eileen!

Ingredients:

• 4oz caster sugar, plus extra for dusting
• 4oz butter, softened
• 1 egg yolk
• 8oz plain flour, sieved
• 1tsp mixed spice
• 3oz currants
• 2 tbsp milk

-Preheat the oven 160oC. Line two baking tray with greaseproof paper.

-Cream the butter and sugar together in a bowl until light and fluffy. 

-Beat in the egg yolk until combined.

-Sift the flour and mixed spice into the mixture, and mix together

 

 

 

-Stir in the currants

-Stir in milk to form a stiff dough.

 

 

-Refrigerate mix for at least half an hour

-Roll the dough out onto a very well floured surface (this is a soft dough, and will stick if you let it!)

 

 

-Cut out the biscuits with a fluted cutter. 

-Place onto the baking sheet and bake for 15 minutes.

 

 

 

-Remove from oven, and rest on their trays for 10 minutes before placing on a wire cooling rack, and sprinkling in sugar.