Tea Biscuits

Tea Biscuits

April 14, 2009, 3:28 pm
Filed under: Baking, Sweet

Buttery Tea Biscuits

butter cookies or tea biscuits

Tea Biscuits:

Ingredients

• 3 cups (spooned and leveled) all-purpose flour
• 1 cup confectioners’ sugar
• 1 cup (2 sticks) cold unsalted butter, cut in pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1 whole egg, plus 3 large egg yolks
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Directions

Oven @ 350º

1. Place flour, sugar, butter, and salt in the bowl of a food processor; process until mixture is the texture of coarse meal.
2. In a small bowl, lightly beat egg  and yolks with vanilla; with motor running, add to food processor. Process just until a dough forms.
3. Place dough into cookie press fitted with the zigzag plate, or a pastry bag fitted with tip 789
4. Pipe dough to desired length, and place cookies on sheet pan lined with parchment.
5. Bake for 10-15 minutes (mine took 12 minutes, but may vary depending on your oven temperature).
6. Let set for 5 minutes, then transfer to a cooling rack.
   

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