Lemon Star Biscuits
These festive star-shaped vanilla shortbread biscuits are a delightful addition to your holiday baking repertoire. The dough incorporates a hint of lemon zest, which brightens the flavor profile. After baking to a perfect golden hue, these cookies are adorned with a luscious lemon icing and generously topped with a blend of tropical dried fruits, cranberries, and silver balls. Perfect for hanging on your Christmas tree or sharing as gifts, these cookies are sure to bring joy and warmth to your holiday season.
— Constant Cookbook
Ingredients
- 1 quantity vanilla shortbread dough (see below), with the finely grated zest of 1 lemon added to the flour
- 1 tbsp lightly beaten egg white
- 1 tbsp lemon juice
- 200g icing sugar
- 100g tropical dried fruits, such as mangoes , pineapple and papaya, chopped
- 50g dried cranberries , chopped
- small handful silver ball
- ribbon , for hanging on the tree
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/ gas 4/fan 160C and grease 2 large baking sheets. Roll out the dough to a thickness of about 5mm/¼in and cut out star biscuits using a 10cm cutter. Re-roll the trimmings make more biscuits.
- With a skewer, make a small hole 1cm/½in from a point on each star - this is for hanging the biscuits. Bake for 18-20 minutes until turning pale golden around the edges, then transfer to a wire rack to cool. (If the holes have filled in during baking, re-make them with the skewer while the biscuits are still hot.)
- Put the egg white and lemon juice in a bowl and beat in the icing sugar to make a smooth icing. Using a small palette knife, spread it generously over the biscuits to about 5mm/¼in from the edges.
- Mix the fruits, then scatter them in the middle of the icing with some silver balls. Leave for at least 2 hours to set. Thread with ribbon just before you hang them and eat within 24 hours. They will keep fresh for up to 1 week stored in an airtight tin.
Prep Time
PT20M
Yield
Makes 16-18 biscuits
Nutrition
- Calories: 279 calories
- Fat Content: 11 grams fat
- Saturated Fat Content: 7 grams saturated fat
- Carbohydrate Content: 44 grams carbohydrates
- Sugar Content: 22 grams sugar
- Fiber Content: 1 grams fiber
- Protein Content: 3 grams protein
- Sodium Content: 0.26 milligram of sodium
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