Name: Advent fairing biscuits
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: Makes about 12
Cuisine: Cornish, Traditional British
Ingredients: 250g Plain flour, plus more to dust surface to roll biscuits; salt; Finely grated rind of 1 lemon (unwaxed is best); ¼ Nutmeg freshly grated; ½tsp Mixed spice; 100g Currents; 50g Caster sugar; 225g Clotted cream, well chilled

Ingredients

250g Plain flour, plus more to dust surface to roll biscuits
salt
Finely grated rind of 1 lemon (unwaxed is best)
¼ Nutmeg freshly grated
½tsp Mixed spice
100g Currents
50g Caster sugar
225g Clotted cream, well chilled

Method

STEP 1
Sift the flour and mix in the salt, lemon rind, spices and sugar
STEP 2
Work in the cold clotted cream until you have a firm cohesive dough. Wrap and rest for 1 hour in the fridge.
STEP 3
Preheat the oven to 180° and line a baking tray with greaseproof paper.
STEP 4
Lightly flour the surface and roll the biscuit dough flat to about 1 cm thick.
STEP 5
Use a pig shaped biscuit cutter (or use another shape) and cut to size.
STEP 6
Place the biscuits on the tray and bake for about 12 – 15 or until firm to touch and beginning to turn golden around the edges. Remove from the oven and cool on a wire rack.