Empire Biscuits Recipe
Here's how to make tasty empire biscuits also called German biscuits. This easy recipe gives you a melt in the mouth delicious treat.
Ingredients
For The Biscuit
- 175 g Plain Flour
- 85 g Caster Sugar
- 100 g Butter Block Butter
- 1 tsp Vanilla
- 1 Egg
For The Filling And Topping
- 200 g Icing Sugar
- 5 tbsp Water Or More If Needed
- 70 g Jam
- 12 Glacé Cherries
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (gas mark 4, 350°F) and line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Add butter and caster sugar into a large mixing bowl and cream together until light and fluffy. You can do this by hand or use an electric whisk to cream the ingredients together quickly.
- Add an egg and a teaspoon of vanilla into the mixing bowl and mix together until evenly combined.
- Pour the plain flour into the bowl and mix together until the biscuit dough has formed. Use your hands to bring the dough together. Add a tablespoon of water If the mixture is too dry and is not coming together.
- Lightly sprinkle flour on your work-surface and knead the dough until it comes together.
- Roll the dough quite thin, so that it has a thickness of 3mm to 5mm, use a crinkled edge cookie cutter to cut out the biscuits. Then place them on a lined baking tray leaving a gap between each piece.
- Bake the biscuits in a preheated oven for 10 to 12 minutes or until the biscuits start to brown around the edges. Place the biscuits on a cooling rack for it to cool down completely.
- Once the biscuits have cooled down, mix together water and icing sugar until a thick icing mixture has formed. The icing should be thick enough to spread and not running off the edges.
- To assemble the empire biscuits, spread jam on top of one biscuit and top with another biscuit. Then gently spoon (or pipe) icing on top of the biscuit, leaving a border around the edges.
- Top with a glacé cherry centred in the middle. Leave the icing to harden and then enjoy!
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Nutrition
Calories: 240kcalCarbohydrates: 42gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 32mgSodium: 68mgPotassium: 28mgFiber: 1gSugar: 28gVitamin A: 228IUVitamin C: 1mgCalcium: 8mgIron: 1mg
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