These are lovely crisp biscuits that are delicious served with coffee. They keep very well once baked, and can be made up and kept in the fridge( or freezer) for weeks before baking fresh. Once the dough has been made and left in the fridge, they are quick to get into the oven as they don't have to be rolled out - just slice off the log and bake. I like to slice them thinly (about 2mm) and get more than 50 biscuits from each batch.
Ingredients:
50g Walnuts
100g White Sugar
100g Brown Sugar
120g Softened Butter
1 Egg
1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla
1/2 Teaspoon Cinnamon OR Mixed Spice
1/2 Teaspoon Ground Cloves
1/2 Teaspoon Bicarbonate of Soda
275g SR Flour
Method:
1. Chop walnuts on speed 5 for 5 seconds. Remove from bowl.
2. Cream butter and sugars on speed 3 for 2 1/2 minutes.
3. Add egg and vanilla and mix at speed 5 for 5 seconds. Scrape down.
4. Add spices, bicarb soda, flour and chopped walnuts, and mix on speed 3 for 10 seconds, or until just combined.
5. Tip out onto a pastry mat and lightly knead until it comes together into a ball. Divide in two, and shape each half into a long roll, about 5cm in diameter. Wrap each roll in grease proof paper and chill in fridge for at least 3-4 hours.
6. Preheat oven to 180C
7. Cut slices off roll (between 2 and 5mm, depending on how thin you like your biscuits) and place on a cold, greased slide, leaving room for spreading.
8. Bake for 10 - 15 minutes, until lightly browned.
9. Cool completely on a wire rack.
Don't panic when you see this photo- I baked 3 batches at once! I wrapped up 13 dozen biscuits and still had some over:)
Members' commentsDenzelmum - No walnut so replaced with pecan. No ground clove - used mixed spiced instead. Left in the fridge for one day and turn out beautiful!
DD enjoyed this, so modified to make it nut free for lunch box by taking the walnut out. It takes longer to shape the sausage prior to fridge (very crumbly), but it works!
Deniser - What a great recipe. I zapped these up on Friday and put in Fridge. This morning (Sunday) baked a batch to take to a friends place for afternoon tea. Of course they have been tasted tested already and I think I might have to take the second roll out of the fridge and bake that one to take with me. Yummy and so simple - thank you.
Chookie - Just got this recipe out to make again and remembered a tip that I had just read. After a while in the fridge, take them out and roll again to make sure they are round. GC loved them. Had to hide them so that they didn't eat the whole lot. Thought the spice might have been too strong, but no. I use my French spice mix and it has pepper in it.
mab19 - they are delicious. They taste a bit like the dutch specelaars.(sp?)
