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How To Make Easy Lemon Shortbread Biscuits
Melt in the mouth lemon biscuits that’s buttery, fragrant and so delicious. This recipe is so easy to make, and you only need 4 ingredients!
You know what they say, when life gives you lemons, make lemon shortbread biscuits… They’re buttery, crumbly and totally irresistible!
This recipe is packed full of lemon flavour, there’s both lemon zest and lemon juice added to the shortbread dough, which create biscuits that taste undeniably good.
You can’t get a better lemon flavour explosion than this! Plus, it’s made with four very basic ingredients making this recipe so simple and easy to put together.
Lemon Shortbread Biscuits
Lemon biscuits are a delicious flavoursome shortbread made in a very similar way to these Mary Berry fork biscuits or these classic buttery shortbread biscuits.
The biggest difference is the use of lemon and plain flour in this recipe, instead of using self-raising flour. Using plain flour creates lemon shortbread biscuits that are slightly crunchy, soft and melt in the mouth.
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- They’re so easy even kids can make them; it’s perfect for all baking abilities.
- You only need 4 basic ingredients.
- These lemon shortbread biscuits make great gifts.
- The perfect recipe for using spare lemons.
- You can prepare the dough the night before, place it in the fridge and bake the next day.
- Make it vegan with just one swap and these lemon biscuits naturally have no egg in it.
That’s just to name a few! What I love about these lemon biscuits is the taste! It’s both buttery and lemony and it’s not overly sweet.
Recipe Ingredients
Below are the few ingredients needed to make lemon shortbread biscuits, there is no egg included in this recipe.
- Plain Flour: Perfect for a crumbly and tender texture; avoid using self-raising flour.
- Butter: Salted or unsalted butter is fine to use; this is up to your preference. If you want to make this recipe vegan, then you can use margarine.
- Caster Sugar: Caster sugar is very fine so combines with butter easily. The texture is perfect for making shortbread biscuits.
- Lemon: Both lemon zest and lemon juice are added to this recipe for extra flavour. You’ll use the whole lemon without waste! I used a medium-sized unwaxed lemon.
How To Make Easy Lemon Biscuits
Below is a step-by-step guide on how to make easy English lemon biscuits. Full recipe instructions and are on the recipe card at the bottom.
Step One:
