Jane's Biscuits

Ballymaloe House Hotel Located in East Cork

Ingredients

Makes about 24 biscuits depending on size they are cut.

Ingredients

  • 170g (6 oz) plain flour
  • 100g (4 oz) soft butter
  • 50g (2 oz) sugar

Icing (optional)

  • 100g (4 oz) icing sugar
  • 1 tblsp water
  • Food colouring (optional)
  • Sprinkles of your choice

Method

If you have a magimix put all the ingredients for the biscuits in together and mix until they form a soft ball. If making these by hand rub the butter into flour and add sugar. Gather the mixture together and knead well.

On a floured surface roll out the mixture until it is about 5mm thick. Cut shapes and place on a greased baking tray. Gather the remaining mixture, knead together again and roll out to cut more shapes. Repeat until all the mixture has been used up.

Bake in a moderate oven, 180 degrees Celsius or Gas mark 4, until biscuits are pale brown (about 15 minutes).

Remove and cool on a wire rack. We normally sprinkle the cooled biscuits with a little icing sugar and serve. However, if you want to be more festive they can be decorated with a topping of your choice.

For the icing, mix the sugar and water until the icing is free of lumps. Spread a thin layer of icing on each and sprinkle with a decoration of your choice. Allow the icing to set.

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