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Honey Lemon Biscuits/Cookies
Category: Baking, Biscuits, Snacks
Style: Australian
Keyword: Cinnamon, Honey, Honey biscuits, Lemon, Lemon biscuits
Quantity: 35 biscuits
Author: The Big Book of Beautiful Biscuits, The Australian Women's Weekly, p61.
Ingredients
  • 60 g 2oz butter
  • 1/2 cup honey
  • 1 cup wholemeal self-raising flour
  • 1/4 cup plain flour
  • 1/2 tsp cinnamon
  • 1/2 tsp ground ginger
  • 1/4 cup unprocessed bran
  • FOR THE ICING
  • 2/3 cup icing sugar
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp honey
Instructions

  1. Line two baking trays with baking paper.

  2. Preheat oven to 180˚C

  3. Cream butter and honey together.

  4. Sift in the flours, cinnamon and ginger, returning the husks from the wholemeal flour that have remained in the sifter, to the bowl.

  5. Add the bran and mix all ingredients well.
  6. Turn the dough out onto a lightly floured surface, knead lightly until smooth.
  7. Wrap the dough in plastic food wrap and refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  8. Roll the dough out between two sheets of plastic wrap to 5mm (1/4 inch) thick.

  9. Cut with floured cookie cutter. (They used a fluted cookie cutter in the recipe) and place the cookies onto the prepared baking trays.

  10. Bake in moderate oven 8 to 10 minutes or until golden brown.

  11. Remove from trays to wire rack.
  12. Dip the tops in icing while still warm.
Notes

You can mix the dough in a stand mixer with a flat beater.

You may need to make a thicker icing if wanting to add other decorations.