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Spiced acorn biscuits

Spiced acorn biscuits shaped as squirrels served on a plate

Spiced acorn biscuits

Name: Spiced acorn biscuits
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Makes 24
Ingredients: 200g unsalted butter cubed; 275-300g plain flour plus extra for dusting; 25-50g acorn flour; 100g golden caster sugar; 1 egg plus 1 yolk; ½ tsp vanilla extract; 1 tsp mixed spice or cinnamon; white icing or melted chocolate, to decorate

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Makes 24

Easy

Prep: 20 mins

Cook: 10 mins

Plus chilling and cooling

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Bake simple biscuits using a little acorn flour to add a hint of nuttiness and a slightly more robust texture – ideal for dunking in your tea

Freezable

Vegetarian

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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200g unsalted butter

cubed
275-300g plain flour

plus extra for dusting
25-50g acorn flour
100g golden caster sugar
1 egg

plus 1 yolk
½ tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp mixed spice or cinnamon
white icing

or melted chocolate, to decorate

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Nutrition: Per biscuit

kcal138
fat8g
saturates5g
carbs14g
sugars4g
fibre1g
protein2g
salt0g

Method

step 1

Rub the butter into the flours using your fingers until the mixture resembles breadcrumbs, then stir in the sugar, the egg and yolk, vanilla, mixed spice or cinnamon and bring together to form a dough. Roll out on a lightly floured surface and stamp out 6cm round biscuits (or any shape you like). Re-roll the trimmings and repeat. Arrange on parchment-lined trays and chill for 30 mins.
step 2

Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Bake the biscuits for 10 mins, then leave to cool. Decorate with icing, or dip one side in chocolate and leave to set.

RECIPE TIPS

USING ACORN FLOUR

The flour amounts vary here depending on how dark you want your biscuits – acorn flour varies in colour depending on what kind of acorn it’s made from, so if you have a very dark batch, you might want to add more plain flour.

NOVELTY COOKIE CUTTERS

You can buy squirrel cookie cutters online from White Stuff or Meri Meri.

SOURCING ACORNS

You can buy acorn flour online. Don’t be tempted to forage your own acorns in England – oak trees in some areas are suffering from an infestation of toxic hairy caterpillars that can cause skin and eye irritation and breathing difficulties on contact.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, September 2018

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