Spicy pepper biscuits
Spiced almond biscuits with black pepper and lemon. Makes 48
Warmly spiced butter biscuits with cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg and a kick of freshly ground black pepper, made rich with ground almonds and cream. Dusted with icing sugar, they are perfect at Christmas.
- Total time
- 40 min
- Difficulty
- easy
- Serves
- 16
Ingredients
To finish
Method
0/7 doneStep 1: Heat the oven to 350°F (325°F fan) and line baking trays.
Step 2: Cream the 8 oz butter or margarine and 3 ½ oz light brown sugar until light and fluffy.
Step 3: Beat in the ½ tsp vanilla essence and 1 tsp lemon rind.
Step 4: Fold in the 7 oz plain flour, 2 oz cornflour, ¼ cup double cream, ½ tsp ground cardamom, ½ tsp ground cinnamon, ½ tsp ground nutmeg, ½ tsp black pepper, 3 oz almonds, 2 tsp baking powder and ½ tsp salt to make a soft dough.
Step 5: Shape into 2 cm balls and place 2.5 cm apart on the trays.
Step 6: Bake for 15–20 minutes until golden brown underneath.
20 minStep 7: Cool on a wire rack and sprinkle lightly with 2 tbsp icing sugar.
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 235 kcal
- Protein
- 2 g
- Carbs
- 22 g
- Fat
- 15 g
- Fibre
- 1 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does spicy pepper biscuits take?
- About 40 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 20 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 16 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- Is it vegetarian?
- Yes. It has no meat or fish.
- Can I make it ahead?
- Yes. It keeps well, so you can cook it earlier in the day or the day before and reheat it.
- What can I use instead of light brown sugar?
- White sugar + 1 tsp honey or golden syrup per 100g.
- What can I use instead of vanilla essence?
- Vanilla extract, same amount.
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