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Star anise biscuits

Star anise biscuits

Name: Star anise biscuits
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: Makes 24
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 50g butter; 2 tbsp light demerara sugar; 1 tbsp each golden syrup and treacle; ½ tsp ground star anise; 140g plain flour plus a little extra; ¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda; a little oil for greasing

James Martin

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Makes 24

Easy

Prep: 10 mins

Cook: 15 mins

Plus chilling

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Ingredients

Nutrition

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50g butter
2 tbsp light demerara sugar
1 tbsp each golden syrup

and treacle
½ tsp ground star anise
140g plain flour

plus a little extra
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
a little oil

for greasing

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Nutrition: per biscuit

kcal57
fat2g
saturates1g
carbs9g
sugars3g
fibre0g
protein1g
salt0.09g

low

Method

step 1

Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Put all the ingredients except the flour and bicarb in a pan and heat until melted. Sift the flour and bicarb into a bowl, then stir in the wet ingredients to form a soft dough. Bring together with your hands into a disc, wrap in cling film and chill for 30 mins.
step 2

Dust a board, then thinly roll out dough. Lightly oil a baking sheet, stamp out 24 x 6cm circles and place on the sheet. Bake for 10-15 mins until golden and firm to the touch. Leave on the tray for 5 mins, then transfer to a cooling rack and allow to cool completely before serving.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2009

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