Name: Clove sugar cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: Makes about 28
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 250g butter softened; 100g hazelnuts; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 250g icing sugar; 1 ½ tsp ground cloves; 350g plain flour

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Clove sugar cookies

Clove sugar cookies

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Makes about 28

Easy

Prep: 30 mins

Cook: 15 mins

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These sweet, nutty, spiced biscuits can be served after dinner, or packaged up as gifts for family and friends

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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250g butter

softened
100g hazelnuts
1 tsp vanilla extract
250g icing sugar
1 ½ tsp ground cloves
350g plain flour

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal168
fat10g
saturates5g
carbs19g
sugars10g
fibre1g
protein2g
salt0.11g

low

Method

step 1

Put the butter, hazelnuts, vanilla extract and 85g of the icing sugar in a food processor and whizz to a paste. Add 1 tsp of the ground cloves and the flour, and pulse together until a dough forms.
step 2

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Line a couple of baking sheets with baking parchment. Roll the dough into walnut- sized balls and arrange on the baking sheets. Use the back of a fork to lightly squash each ball, then bake for 12-15 mins until they turn a pale biscuit colour – if they get too brown, they will become dry.
step 3

Mix the remaining icing sugar and ground cloves, then sieve thickly over the hot biscuits. Leave to cool slightly before eating just warm, or cool.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, November 2011

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