Name: Orange & cardamom tree biscuits
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: Makes 25
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 6 cardamom pods; 200g plain flour; 50g rice flour; 140g butter; grated zest 1 orange; 100g icing sugar plus extra to decorate; 1 egg yolk; pastry cutters; cocktail sticks; Christmas rubber stamps (see tip below) and thin ribbon or string

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Orange & cardamom tree biscuits

Orange & cardamom tree biscuits

Mary Cadogan

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Makes 25

Easy

Prep: 30 mins - 40 mins

Cook: 12 mins - 15 mins

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Mary's Cadogan's crisp citrus cookies make perfect decorations - just stamp them with the celebration motif of your choice

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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6 cardamom pods
200g plain flour
50g rice flour
140g butter
grated zest 1 orange
100g icing sugar

plus extra to decorate
1 egg yolk

You'll also need

pastry

cutters
cocktail sticks
Christmas rubber stamps (see tip below) and thin ribbon

or string

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Nutrition: per biscuit

kcal97
fat5g
saturates3g
carbs12g
sugars5g
fibre0g
protein1g
salt0.1g

low

Method

step 1

Split the cardamom pods and tip the seeds into a mortar, then grind to a powder with the pestle. Tip the flour, rice flour and cardamom powder into a food processor. Chop the butter into small pieces and add to the food processor with the orange zest. Pulse to a fine breadcrumb texture. Add the icing sugar and mix briefly, then add the egg yolk and 1-2 tsp cold water and pulse to a firm dough. Wrap and chill for 15 mins.
step 2

Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Line 2 baking sheets with baking parchment. Roll out half the dough at a time and stamp out 8cm rounds or squares and transfer to the baking sheets. Gather up the trimmings and roll out again to make more biscuits. Use a cocktail stick to make a hole in each biscuit for hanging from the tree. Press a festive rubber stamp into the surface of each biscuit. Chill for 30 mins.
step 3

Bake for 8-10 mins until just golden and crisp. Transfer to a wire rack and leave to cool.
step 4

Dust each biscuit liberally with icing sugar, then brush off the excess from the surface, leaving a white imprint on each biscuit. Tie up with pretty ribbon or string and hang from your tree.

RECIPE TIPS

BUYING DECORATIVE STAMPS

You might find Christmas stamps in art or hobby shops but, if not, you can order them from either hobbyartstamps.com or englishstamp.com.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, December 2012

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