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Orange biscuits

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These orange biscuits are a simple butter biscuit with a zing of orange flavour. They're a great, easy bake to make with kids.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes
Servings: 12
Course: Afternoon tea, Snack
Cuisine: British
Calories: 161
Ingredients Equipment Method

Ingredients
  

  • 100 g (½ cup) butter, softened
  • 75 g (⅓ cup + 1 tbsp) caster sugar
  • 225 g (1 ¾ cup) plain/all-purpose flour
  • 1 egg
  • orange zest from 2 oranges
  • 1 tbsp orange juice

Equipment

  • Digital scales
  • Freestanding mixer
  • Mixing bowl
  • Measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • Wire rack

Method
 

  1. Preheat your oven to 180C / 160C Fan / 350F and line 2 baking trays with baking / greaseproof paper.
Cream the butter and sugar together
  1. Measure out the butter and sugar and add them to a large mixing bowl or free-standing mixer. Beat it together with a hand held mixer, wooden spoons or the k-paddle of your free-standing mixer, until it is light and fluffy.
Add the flour and orange zest
  1. Get your kids to measure the flour and add it to your mixing bowl.
    Zest your oranges with the small side of a grater or zester and add that to your mixing bowl.
  2. Mix the zest and flour in until it is well combined. The biscuit dough will be quite stiff at this point.
Add the egg and orange juice
  1. Crack the egg into a small bowl then add it to your mixing bowl.
    Juice one of your oranges until you have about 1 table spoon's worth of juice. Add it to your mixing bowl.
  2. Mix it all in until the biscuit dough starts to come together. You might find it easier to do the last bit with your hands, just to bring all the crumbs together.
Make the orange biscuits
  1. Take pieces of dough and roll them into balls about the size of a walnut / ping pong ball.
    Put them on your prepared baking tray then press them down gently with their hands or a fork.
  2. Chill the biscuits in the fridge for 15 minutes.
Bake the orange biscuits
  1. Bake the orange biscuits in the oven for about 12 minutes. They're ready when they have started to turn a nice golden brown colour.
  2. Remove the biscuits from the oven and leave them on their baking trays to cool for 5 minutes before putting them on a wire rack to cool completely.