Lemon Kisses

Who could resist a kiss? These dainty melt-in-the-mouth biscuits make a scrumptious addition to an afternoon tea spread

• Cooking Time Prep 30 mins
  Cook 8 mins - 12 mins
• Skill Level Easy
• Servings Makes 20

Nutrition per serving

• Kcalories

  202

• Protein

  1g

• Carbs

  31g

• Fat

  8g

• Saturates

  5g

• Fibre

  1g

• Sugar

  18g

• Salt

  0.14g

Ingredients

• 200g soft butter
• 140g caster sugar
• 1 egg yolk
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• zest 2 lemons, juice 1
• 280g plain flour, plus a little extra for rolling
• ½ jar good lemon curd (we used Tiptree)
• 140g icing sugar, sifted

Directions

1. Stir together the butter, sugar, egg yolk, vanilla and zest from 1 lemon using a wooden spoon. Stir in the flour-you might need to get your hands in at the end. Tip onto a floured surface, bring together into a smooth dough, then roll out, half at a time, and stamp out 5-6cm rounds. Keep re-rolling trimmings, you should get about 40 biscuits. Arrange on trays lined with baking parchment, cover with cling film and chill for 30 mins.
2. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Bake the biscuits for 8-12 mins until pale golden, then cool. Once cool, spread half the biscuits with a little lemon curd and top with a second biscuit. Arrange the biscuits on wire racks over trays. Mix enough lemon juice into the icing sugar to give a runny consistency, then drizzle over the biscuits. Scatter over a bit more lemon zest and leave to set.

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