swedish lemon biscuits
A bit off topic but a friend of mine passed on this recipie. These are spectacular. They are a bit fiddly to make but worth it.
try them and let me know how you get on



1 egg
1/2 cup buttermilk (or 1/4 c miil & 1/4 c vinegar)
5ts baking soda
1/2 ts vanilla
1 cup lenom juice (fresh is best)
1 1/4 cup sugar
3/4 cup flour
8tb butter or marge melted

1. preheat oven to 375f

2. beat egg in a bowl untill foamy

3. add buttermilk and vanilla and blend well.

4. add baking soda one teaspoon at a time, sprinkle in while blending untill the mixture is smooth and the consistancy of light cream.

5. add lemon juice stir but do not beat (it needs to be creamy but without a lot of air)

6. mixture will congeal into a lump. remove from bowl onto a floured surface.

7. sift flour and 3/4 cup of sugar together and using fingers mix into the egg-lemon mix.

8. roll out pastry aprox 2mm thick and cut into desired shapes.

9 . "pinch" up the edges to form a bowl. sprinkle over the remaining sugar.

10.brush with the melted butter.

11. place on ungreased baking tray . Bake for 12 mins or untill golden brown

ENJOY




Makes a change from all the " I spat in my flatmates orange juice" stories
(welgar, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 8:07, 11 replies)

Sound very tasty!
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( LemonEntryMyDearWatson This time, Moriarty, the hand is on the other foot, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 8:34, closed)

give them a try
whip up a batch when you get home for tomorrows smoko
(welgar, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 8:43, closed)

Lemon juice and baking soda?
Nice.
(Sloppy Giuseppe, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 9:38, closed)

It sounds lovely...
But what if the recipe itself is sabotaged? Maybe they bake to the hardness of diamonds and we all break our teeth!

Perhaps I shall test mine on some unsuspecting passerby...
( e.m.m.y. foxtrot uniform charlie kilo india tango, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 9:47, closed)

^^
I was thinking the same thing, perhaps there is some terrible reaction from mixing those specific ingredients i.e. it turns into marzipan! [shudders}
(Studentken is looking for motivation on, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 9:52, closed)

..
I promise you wont get marzipan or rockhard lumps from this unless you have a tempermental oven or something. im glad im not the only one here who HATES marzipan
(welgar, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 10:25, closed)

Oi!
Don't be dissing the marzipan! The sweet yellow almondy ambrosia, food of the gods I tell you.
( The magic of chutney Shakes it like an Instagram filter!, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 11:47, closed)

You're correct.
thus making Battenburg the cake of the gods.

Mmmmmm, Battenburg... want some.
( Moey, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 13:13, closed)

That's what I was getting at...
mix lemon and baking soda and see what happens. Then imagine it mixed up with all the egg and other stuff.
(Sloppy Giuseppe, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 13:16, closed)

375F
is fucking hot. And about 100F hotter than my oven can get to.
( I have run out of coke is a little sweaty, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 11:48, closed)

= 190° C
Your oven is rubbish
(kev.cc, Tue 23 Sep 2008, 15:56, closed)