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Gluten-free biscuits

Name: Gluten-free biscuits
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Makes 12-15 biscuits
Ingredients: 100g caster sugar; 100g unsalted butter softened; 1 egg beaten; 200g gluten-free plain flour plus extra for dusting; 50g cornflour; ½ tsp xanthan gum; ¼ tsp fine sea salt; handful of dark chocolate chips (optional); ½ lemon or orange, zested (optional); demerara sugar, for sprinkling (optional)

Ailsa Brown

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Makes 12-15 biscuits

Easy

Prep: 30 mins

Cook: 10 mins

plus 1 hr 30 mins chilling

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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100g caster sugar
100g unsalted butter

softened
1 egg

beaten
200g gluten-free plain flour

plus extra for dusting
50g cornflour
½ tsp xanthan gum
¼ tsp fine sea salt
handful of dark chocolate chips (optional)
½ lemon or orange, zested (optional)
demerara sugar, for sprinkling (optional)

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Nutrition: Per serving

kcal138
fat6g
saturates4g
carbs20g
sugars7g
fibre0.1g
protein1g
salt0.11g

Method

step 1

Line a large baking tray with baking parchment. Beat the sugar and butter together in a large bowl until pale and smooth using an electric whisk. Pour in the egg, a little at a time, whisking well after each addition. Tip in the flour, cornflour, xanthan gum and salt, and beat again. (If using chocolate chips or citrus zest, stir this in now.) Flatten the dough into a disc in the bowl, then cover and chill for 1 hr.
step 2

Put the chilled dough between two sheets of baking parchment and roll out to 1cm thick. Using a 6cm cutter, stamp out as many biscuits as you can, arranging them on the tray with space between them. Re-roll the offcuts and repeat until all the dough has been used (you should get 12-15 biscuits). Chill for 30 mins.
step 3

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. If you like, sprinkle the biscuits with a little demerara sugar, then bake for 8-10 mins until golden and firm at the edges. Leave to cool on the tray for 2-3 mins, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

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