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Bakewell Biscuits

Love Bakewell Tart? Well try these easy Bakewell Biscuits from Miranda Gore Browne. Sweet with almond and cherry, these chunky biscuits are sure to become a family favourite.

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Miranda Gore Browne

Introduction

These chewy, almondy biscuits are packed full of cherries, sprinkled with toasted flaked almonds and finished with gorgeous almond icing. My mother always included cherries in her version of Bakewell tart, and it is her recipe that inspired my biscuits.

TIP: Make smaller biscuits and sandwich them together with raspberry jam to enhance the heavenly Bakewell experience.

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Ingredients

125g unsalted butter, softened
250g caster sugar
125g soft light brown sugar
1/2-1 tsp almond extract
1 egg, lightly beaten
150g self-raising flour, preferably sifted
125g ground almonds
175g chopped glace cherries
50g flaked almonds, toasted
For the icing:
100g icing sugar
1/4 tsp almond extract mixed with a little water

Method

Preheat the oven to 150ºC/Mark 2 and line two baking trays with non-stick baking paper.

Cream together the butter, sugars and almond extract, scraping down the sides of the bowl to ensure everything is combined. Beat in the egg. Now add the flour, ground almonds and glacé cherries and mix until a soft dough forms.

With floured hands, roll the sticky dough into balls the size of a golf ball and place on the prepared trays, spacing them at least 2 cm apart. Gently press the doughto flatten it a little, then sprinkle generously withthe flaked almonds. Bake for 30–35 minutes, until puffy and pale golden. Set aside to cool on their trays for at least 5 minutes, then use a palette knife to transfer them carefully to a wire rack. Leave until completely cold. Put a sheet of greaseproof or baking paper under the rack before doing the next step.

To make the icing, mix the sugar with the almond extract and water: the mixture should be just runny enough for drizzling. I like to put it into a piping bag, snip off the corner to make a tiny hole, then make zigzag lines to give a pretty finish. Leave the icing to set a little before eating.

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