Liquorice Biscuits
If you love the taste of liquorice or aniseed, you will love these
Makes enough for: 36 biscuits
Ingredients
- 300 g flour, plus extra for dusting
- 30 mls liquorice powder *
- 6.25 mls baking powder
- 5 mls fine salt
- 60 g fructose
- 60 mls canola oil
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 75 mls water
Method
- Preheat the oven to 180° Celsius
- Place the flour, liquorice powder, baking powder and salt into a mixing bowl and give a quick whisk to combine
- Place the fructose, oil and egg into a stand mixing bowl and whisk until pale
- Fold in the flour then add the water and mix until a soft dough forms
- Tip out onto a lightly floured surface and gently knead for a few minutes
- Divide the dough into smaller portions to make it easier to work with and roll out until 6cm thick, lightly flouring the top as necessary
- Use a 5cm round cookie cutter to cut out the biscuits, and repeat, rerolling the dough as necessary, until all has been used up
- Place the biscuits onto a lined baking tray and place into the oven to bake for 25 minutes
- Remove from the oven and place the biscuits onto a wire rack to cool
Notes
* or 45 mls fennel seeds, finely ground, if you don’t have liquorice powder