Clove sugar cookies

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• Sandie K

  2011-12-04 14:56:39.755242

  Sandie K commented on this recipe

  Just made this for first time. Trying to find something for homemade gifts. Very nice, even husband who dislikes cloves approved. But why does the recipie call for 250g icing sugar, only use 85g in biscuits and the rest 165g sifted on the top of the cooked biscuits. I smothered them very thickly and still have a load left! I always try a recipie and follow it first time round, this is another that I shall be adjusting by basically halving the amount of icing sugar to dredge on the top.

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• clootiedumplin

  2011-12-08 10:04:16.130452

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  I agree with Sandie K, no need for 250g icing sugar. I just used two teaspoons of icing sugar and half teaspoon of cloves, was more than enough to give biscuits a good dredging! Tasted good,but I think I will try another spice than cloves next time, maybe mixed spice would be more Christmassy!

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• Frantic Flapjack

  2011-12-13 08:47:55.983047

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  Unusual flavour for biscuits but good Christmas flavour. The hazelnuts gave these biscuits good texture.

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• HEULWEN

  2011-12-23 10:08:23.847447

  HEULWEN commented on this recipe

  I reversed the icing sugar quantities, kept back 85g, used 165g in recipe, seemed to work. Also baked them a little longer. Very tasty

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• Rachel B

  2012-11-22 18:05:01.410542

  Rachel B rated and commented on this recipe

  

  Absolutely love this recipe, these make for unusual little biscuits and are really delicious - great gifts. I do agree with the icing sugar thing though, you don't need 165g of it at the end.

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• sarah's

  2012-12-23 19:43:16.309576

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  Am not sure what went wrong with these biscuits, but the texture is fairly crumbly and dry. Taste is unusual but nice, but can't say I'm looking forward to eating the 27 other cookies! These were meant to be little pressies for people for Christmas but I won't be inflicting these on anyone else as I think they are to much of an acquired taste (or texture)

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• Rachel B

  2013-01-31 10:48:03.169054

  Rachel B commented on this recipe

  Loved these biscuits and the unusual flavour and texture. Definitely too much icing sugar recommended to sift over them at the end (even if you do it 'thickly' which you should) but that isn't really a major problem...just use a bit less.

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• Rachel B

  2013-01-31 10:49:00.123852

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Ingredients

• 250g butter , softened
• 100g hazelnuts
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 250g icing sugar
• 1½ tsp ground cloves
• 350g plain flour

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Makes about 28

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Prep 30 mins

Cook 15 mins

Ingredients

• 250g butter , softened
• 100g hazelnuts
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 250g icing sugar
• 1½ tsp ground cloves
• 350g plain flour

PER SERVING

168 kcalories, protein 2g, carbohydrate 19g, fat 10 g, saturated fat 5g, fibre 1g, sugar 10g, salt 0.11 g

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