Original Recipe: Edmonds (inspired from Griffin’s “Lemon Treats”)

Ingredients:

• 125g butter, softened
• 1/3 cup sugar
• 2 tsp finely grated lemon zest
• 1 egg
• 2 cups flour
• 1 tsp baking powder

• 1 cup icing sugar
• 50g butter, softened
• 1 tsp finely grated lemon zest
• 1/2 tbsp milk

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180°C
2. Cream butter, sugar, and lemon zest together until light and fluffy. Add egg and continue beating until well combined.
3. Sift the flour and baking powder together and stir into the mixture. Knead with hands to ensure everything is properly mixed together.
4. Roll out thinly on a floured surface and then cut into squares (or other shapes) using biscuit cutters.
5. Bake in the oven for 10 minutes. Let the biscuits sit on the baking tray for 2 minutes afterwards, and then transfer to a wire rack.

Icing:

• When biscuits have cooled to room temperature, sandwich them together with the following butter cream icing.
• Cream the softened butter with a 1/2 cup of the icing sugar, the lemon zest, and milk. Add the remaining icing sugar and beat into the mixture.

The Upper Hutt Connection

21/12/24