Lemon Bunny Biscuits

Corn, egg, gluten, lactose, milk, nightshade, nut, peanut, sesame & wheat free

If your dough is very soft or your cutters are quite intricate, you can roll the dough straight onto the baking paper and cut the biscuits with gaps in between. You can then remove the excess dough and slide the paper straight onto the tray.

Makes about 12 biscuits

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Ingredients

  • 75g dairy free spread
  • 50g sugar
  • zest of 1 lemon
  • 40g dairy free cream cheese
  • 150g plain gluten free flour
  • pinch of salt
  • ¼ tsp gluten free baking powder

Icing

  • 100g icing sugar
  • 4-6 tsp lemon juice

Method

  1. Beat the spread and sugar together until creamy.
  2. Stir in the lemon zest and cream cheese.
  3. Fold in the flour, salt and baking powder until completely combined.
  4. Wrap in cling film and chill for at least 30 minutes.
  5. Heat the oven to 180°C / 350°F / gas 4.
  6. Lightly dust your work surface with gluten free flour and roll out the dough to the thickness of a pound coin.
  7. Keep lightly dusting the rolling pin and dough as required as it is quite sticky.
  8. Cut out biscuits and place on a lined tray.
  9. Bake for about 12 minutes until the edges are just starting to brown.
  10. Let the biscuits cool a little before moving to a cooling rack.

Icing

  1. Sieve 100g icing sugar into a bowl.
  2. Mix in the lemon juice a teaspoon at a time until you have the desired consistency.
  3. Add food colouring if you like.
  4. Spread the icing on the biscuits and decorate as desired.

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