Posted on Monday, October 30, 2017 in
Snack Recipes
Amazingly Crunchy Portuguese Lemon Biscuits Recipe
These amazingly crunchy Portuguese lemon biscuits (biscoitos de limão), make a great snack, enjoy with a hot tea, coffee or your beverage of choice.
| Preparation time | 1 h 20 min |
| Cooking Time | 15 min |
| Ready In | 1 h 35 min |
| Level of Difficulty | Easy |
| Servings | 6 |
Ingredients
1 cup of butter1 cup of sugar1 lemon (juice and zest)2 eggs1/2 teaspoon of vanilla extract1 teaspoon of cinnamon1 teaspoon of baking powder4 and 2/3 cups of flour
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Preparation
- In a bowl, beat the butter and sugar well until creamy.
- Add the lemon juice and zest, the 2 eggs and the vanilla extract.
- Beat well until the mixture becomes homogeneous.
- Add the flour, cinnamon and baking powder and knead well with your hands until the dough is not very sticky.
- Wrap the dough in sticky film and place it in the refrigerator for about 1 hour.
- After 1 hour, preheat oven to 180°C or 350°F.
- Grease a couple of cookie trays.
- Shape the dough into donuts or other shapes of your choice, place them on the trays and bake them for about 15 minutes or until slightly browned.
- Cool them on a wire rack.
Recipe & Photo Credit: que-massada.blogspot.pt
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