At Nans house now (she loved the soup and scones :)) and wanted to make something quick. So routed through her cupboards looking for something nice, and came back with a jar of lovely lemon curd. Got my thinking cap on and came up with these beauties!
Had good feedback from the best critics, my nan and the dogs – she is a softie and always saves them a bit 🙂 Hope they go down well with you guys to, let me know what you think.
Lemon Drops
10oz spelt flour (or the same of plain flour)
5oz sugar
8oz butter, diced and slightly softened
About 1/2 jar of good quality lemon curd
1/2 tsp lemon zest
1/2 tsp salt
Preheat the oven to 170’C ans line or lightly grease a large baking tray.
In a large bowl (or food processor) place the flour, sugar, butter, salt, lemon zest and 2 tbsp of lemon curd. Rub together until a dough forms, don’t be tempted to add any liquid it will come together. If your using a processor just pulse until a dough forms (it’ll take no time.)
Roll into 15 equal balls and place onto the tray equally spaced out.
Press to flatten very lightly.
Then wet your thumb slightly and press a dimple into the top of each ball and fill this with about 1/2 a tsp of lemon curd each. Bake for 12-15 mins turning halfway. These biscuits are quite delicate so let the, cool on the tray for 5 mins before transferring to a cooling rack to cool completely. Enjoy with a cuppa 🙂
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