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Spicy Christmas Biscuits

Homemade biscuits smell and taste wonderful and are better value than bought biscuits. Spoil yourself and your family this Christmas with this recipe. If you don’t like spices in your biscuits, leave them out.
Makes about 16

Ingredients

  • 225g (8 oz) plain flour
  • 175g (6oz) unsaturated margarine
  • 1 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/2 teaspoon grated nutmeg
  • 60g (2 oz) castor sugar
  • A little extra castor sugar for dusting

Equipment

  • Large bowl
  • Sieve
  • Teaspoon
  • Wooden spoon
  • Cookie cutters
  • Baking tray

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 180°C, 350°F, gas mark 4.
  2. Weigh out flour and sieve on to a plate.
  3. Weigh out margarine and sugar and place in a large mixing bowl.
  4. Add cinnamon and nutmeg and beat together till smooth and creamy.
  5. Add sieved flour, one tablespoon at a time and mix until all the flour isincorporated. Use your hands to get the dough to come together into a ball.
  6. Place the ball of dough on a floured worktop and flatten slightly. Roll out toabout 1 cm (1/2 inch) thick.
  7. Cut shapes with cookie cutters – this is especially nice if you can find staror holly shaped cutters.
  8. Place the cookies on a greased baking tray and bake for 10 – 15 minutes untila very pale golden.
  9. Remove from baking tray on to a cooling rack and sprinkle with a little more castor sugar. Cool completely and store in an airtight tin.