So Easter Sunday, late morning at my parents I started making buscuits, but not wanting all that time spent on rolling out dough and baking various flavoured biscuits I went down a different route (tried to make quick biscuits).
I decided to make some lavender biscuits which you usually roll into balls, but I used the mixture to fill the cutters instead, so at least they had some 'eastery' shaped biscuits!
The receipe is really simple: Makes approx 12 bicuits
75g self raising flour
75g caster sugar
75g unsalted butter
75g porridge oats
1 tbsp golden syrup (optional- I didn't use this)
1 tbsp milk
1 tsp of lavender leaves finely chopped (or use 1 tsp of flowers)
1tsp flowers
Pre heat oven to Gas Mark 4/180C
Grease and line baking tray
Sift flour in to a bowl add oats and sugar, mix.
Melt butter, syrup and milk together.
Add butter mixture to flour mixture, stir well.
The mixture comes together, almost like a dough.
Place a tablespoonful of the mixture onto baking tray, leaving space between each one.
I used cutters and filled them with mixture, then left the cutters whilst the biscuits were baking, or another option you could try is to chill the mixture for a few minutes in the fridge so it becomes more solid which would then make it useable to roll out and cut out shapes (this was suggested after I had decided to fill my cutters and bake in oven, so I haven't tried it.)
Bake for 10-15 mins, until golden. leave to cool for 5mins and then transfer to wire rack.
I left the biscuits plain, but you could decorate them, although the wonderful lavender and homemade look to them, I don't think you need to. So my quick-made Easter buscuits were done and tasted rather good too!
The Easter Bunny!
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