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Friday, April 8, 2011

Festive Cardamom Biscuits


Ingredients:
300 gm flour
125 gm castor sugar
200 gm chilled butter
½ tsp cardamom powder
To Decorate
2 tbsp castor sugar

Edible food color

Method:

   Mix flour, sugar and spice in a bowl. With your fingertips, rub in diced butter into the flour. When the mixture resembles breadcrumbs; knead it into soft dough.
   Knead on afloured surface until smooth. Wrap the dough in a paper and chill for 30 minutes.
   Roll on a floured surface till 1/8” thick. Cut and arrange on a baking tray. Chill for ten minutes.
   Bake in a pre-heated oven at 170 degree C for ten minutes or until golden.
   Dip each biscuit into a plain or colored sugar and cool before storing in an airtight tin. 

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