ORANGE & CARDAMOM TREE BISCUITS

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

Provided by Mary Cadogan

Categories     Dinner, Treat

Time 55m

Yield Makes 25

Number Of Ingredients 10

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

Steps:

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

Nutrition Facts : Calories 97 calories, Fat 5 grams fat, SaturatedFat 3 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 12 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 5 grams sugar, Protein 1 grams protein, Sodium 0.1 milligram of sodium

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