{"id":1540,"date":"2013-03-24T17:48:51","date_gmt":"2013-03-24T16:48:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1540"},"modified":"2013-03-26T21:30:10","modified_gmt":"2013-03-26T20:30:10","slug":"cherry-and-vanilla-biscuits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.weirdbutinagoodway.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/03\/24\/cherry-and-vanilla-biscuits\/","title":{"rendered":"Cherry and Vanilla biscuits"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I’ve spent a very productive afternoon in the kitchen. I’ve a busy week coming up so decided to get ahead of myself again and make our meals for the coming week. So far I have meatballs for spaghetti and meatballs, cottage pie and a chicken curry ready to go, but, while I was at it I also made some Truffles<\/a>, roasted lamb for today’s dinner and baked some biscuits. I love those biscuits, they’re quick and easy to make, if you’ve the ingredients at hand 20 minutes tops…<\/p>\n

Cherry and Vanilla biscuits<\/strong><\/p>\n

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5.5oz butter \/ margarine
\n8oz plain flour
\n4.5oz caster sugar
\n1tsp vanilla essence
\nGlac\u00e9 cherries<\/p>\n

Pre heat oven to gas mark 4.<\/p>\n

Sift flour into a bowl and add butter. And rub together until it resembles breadcrumbs. <\/p>\n

Stir through sugar, vanilla essence and chopped glac\u00e9 cherries (I have no idea how many cherries, I just chop and add until it looks about right) and then being together with your hands to form a dough.<\/p>\n

Roll out on a floured surface until about a centimeter thick, cut into shapes and set out on a greased baking sheet. bake for 15mins (or until they just start to colour on the edges).<\/p>\n

Finish with a dusting of caster sugar and leave to cool and firm. Or if you’re a fatty like me just scoff them still warm and soft from the oven with a cup of tea as per the picture above.<\/p>\n

Alternative flavours<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve also made these with lemon flavouring and mixed peel, almond flavouring with no fruit and also just plain vanilla. All equally delicious and seriously moorish!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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